In light of the imminent release of the Northern Ireland 0-6 Strategy, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, chief executive of Early Years - the organisation for young children, calls for government to invest in the development of the workforce
Between the 22nd February - 14th March the Media Initiative messages will be aired on UTV, Channel 4 and RTE.
Northern Ireland Commissioner, Patricia Lewsley, will today tell an Assembly Committee that concerted action can reduce child poverty and its impact.
Our annual Folk Day will take place at Ulster American Folk Park on Tuesday 27th April 2010 and Thursday 29th April 2010 from 10.30am to 13.30pm.
The cost of living increase for 2009/2010 is 1% on Spinal Column Points 11 to 49 and 1.25% on Spinal Column Points 4 to 10 inclusive.
A Ballymena woman's lifetime of working with young children has received recognition from the Queen in the New Years' Honours List.
Early Years is currently undergoing renovation work for the next 6-8 weeks (from the 18 January) and during this time there may be occasions when the library will not be fully functioning.
The new Vetting and Barring Scheme ("the Scheme") is one of the Government's key responses to the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by Ian Huntley, which focused public attention on the way that we vet people who work with children. The resulting Bichard Inquiry recommended a new scheme under which everyone working with children or vulnerable adults should be checked and registered.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Integrated Children's Services has been designed to recruit those whose work role or interest reflects the current policy and practice developments. It will enable participants to learn about developments in integrated service delivery across health, social care and education.
On 21st April the Assembly debated the following motion put down by Dr McDonnell (SDLP) "That this Assembly recognises the threat to future prosperity and well-being posed by educational underachievement in many communities; and calls on the Executive, and the Minister of Education in particular, to produce a cross-cutting departmental action programme designed to tackle educational underachievement."
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