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Education attainment research evidence cited by Minister for Education, NI Assembly

  • Erin Early (Contributor)
  • Miller, S. (Contributor)
  • Dunne, L. (Contributor)
  • Elizabeth Nelson (Contributor)

Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

Description

Mention by Paul Givan (Minister of Education) in NI Assembly (Hansard p.24) citing 2022 paper.
Paul Givan:
“In 2022, a study by Dr Erin Early, Professor Miller, Dr Dunne and Elizabeth Nelson Gorman was published, and it is available to Members. Yes, the study substantiated the view that free school meals was an important factor, but it found that parental qualifications, particularly having a mother or father with no qualifications,
were a greater predictor of attainment. Free school meals is not the best predictor, and I will elaborate on that in my response. Other factors relate to educational underachievement and to making sure that we get attainment”.
Period05 Nov 2024
Work forNorthern Ireland Assembly, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionRegional

Keywords

  • education attainment
  • free school meals
  • educational underachievement

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