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‘Innovative projects’ key to shared future in Northern Ireland

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Lessons gained from shared education programmes between diverse secondary schools can benefit every institution in Northern Ireland, inspectors have said.

Dozens of post-primary schools are among those taking part in an £18 million programme developed by the International Fund for Ireland.

It is due to end at the end of the year, but inspectors now say that the innovative projects can be the key that unlocks shared education opportunities in all schools.

The Sharing in Education Programme (SiEP) supports a range of projects which facilitate reconciliation for a shared future through education.

It works to promote sharing by linking schools representative of the Catholic and Protestant communities and builds on community relations within and between schools.

An Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) final evaluation of 19 of the 22 projects under the programme confirms that “the learning accrued from the SiEP is significant”.

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