The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is calling for an end to the use of unregulated transfer tests by schools in the North.
The union used its annual northern conference in Derry at the weekend to appeal for an end to the North’s selective education system.
Delegates also heard concerns raised about the recently published Audit Office report on standards of literacy and numeracy in the North’s secondary schools.
By age 16, two in five pupils fail to reach satisfactory standards in English and maths.
INTO senior official Brendan Harron says if children do so well in primary compared to secondary – “what goes wrong between the ages of 11 and 16?”.
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