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Northern Ireland

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Capital Belfast
Dialing code +44
Population1. 875 million (2017)
Currency Pound sterling
Destinations Belfast
Londonderry
Antrim
Mourne Mountains
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About Northern Ireland


Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The country is known for its Norman castles, glacial valleys and mountains, Celtic and Christian monuments, and coastal links golf courses. Capital city Belfast is home to the political murals of the 20th-century ‘Troubles' conflict, and the Titanic Quarter, showcasing the redeveloped dockyards where the famous ship was built and a contemporary museum, Titanic Belfast.

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Plans for a national tutoring program will be presented

Nov 27,2023 12:11 pm

students who have fallen behind during the closures, expected to be offered study focused on fees as part of the government, the catch-up plans.

England's schools are the grants for the support of a national tutoring program to execute up to three years.

The System is proven tutoring organisations and charitable bodies with volunteers and paid Tutors.

head-teachers to support the plans, but want to be able to add to use The Service , their own catch-up work.

A pilot tutoring project, led several of the social mobility groups, including the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation and impetus PEF, see how you can support affected best students of school closures.

'Lost Generation '

It is expected that this will be rolled into a national tutoring service, but it is not known how many students are supported, or how much is invested.

The scheme is likely to be a primary students support in English and mathematics, the blocks in six weeks, during the upper school targeted assistance on specific topics from the specialized graduates and post-graduates are offered.

the summer activity schemes and emotional support are also offered, prior to schools re-opening in September.

The government said it was preparing proposals for an expanded catch-up last week, added that with the inclusion of all pupils, not just those from poor backgrounds, who believed that fared the worst during the closures.

Keeping students' eyes on the prize

By Judith Burns, BBC education reporter

Nana, 17, from Enfield in North London a place in Cambridge aims to study human, social and Political Science .

Since lockdown your tutor began, with the Access project will send your sample exam, you not to time and sends it back for feedback.

the Weekly face-to-face sessions with a diploma in voluntary work in the financial, in The City of London, to keep you on course.

Nana

first of all, you focused on the reading and discussion of excerpts from important historical or political texts.

Nana's mother is a cleaner and her father is a nursing assistant, and the idea that they could occur by one of The Best universities in The World to her, until her mentor in the formation of the charity, The proposed Access project, it is at the beginning of the year 12.

"they said: 'you have the potential, you might as well try"," Nana reminded.

"I did not know about the College system, they had to do an admissions test or an interview, or how important The Personal statement was," she says.

The Access project has helped you get a handle on all of this and drilled into her the importance of wider reading in order to get The Best grades in a-levels in history, sociology and English Literature .

Well, similar programs could be extended to other Young People develop their potential in this difficult time.

Boris Johnson said his education Secretary, Gavin Williamson would be plans soon.

The government has been under massive pressure over the back of the school policy.

the concerns raised had planned on the potential for a Lost Generation of learners whose education has been interrupted for at least six months, even if the schools, as it is now, in September.

Geoff Barton, head of The Association of School and College Leaders, agrees there is evidence that a high-quality one-to-one teaching is an advantage, suspected but "The Devil is in The Detail ".

"It's enormously frustrating that we still had the opportunity to discuss these points with the government before the announcement, and that we find ourselves Once Again , we have to guess what they will Say . "

The Move comes after the education Secretary, dropped out plans for all primary school pupils back in the school before the summer break.

However, pupils in reception, year 1 and year 6 have been prioritised and are at many schools, at least for part of the week.

And students faced GCSEs and A-Levels next year are invited in the schools, in smaller groups, at times with their teachers in The Next few weeks.

But that can be anything from a half-hour catch-up date, a few hours of learning per week.

The Prime Minister was accused of "stop" to the schools.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for a national plan for the restoration, namely the current plan, the students were back in classrooms "was in pieces".

the school's capacity is severely restricted by the guidelines on social distancing.

classes were split into smaller groups of up to 15 students depending on the classroom size, which means that only a fraction of the children can time on the site every.

schools in Wales are re-opening at The End of June, with only one-third of the students in the class at any time,

In Scotland, the schools with the preparation for the re-open on 11 August, and in Northern Ireland Ministerial target for start pupils bring Back To the 17. August.

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