AQW 20501/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education when the role of special educational needs classroom assistants in preschool settings will begin.
Asked by Nick Mathison MLA on 14 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 14 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 29 January 2025
- Answered
- 22 January 20258 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
As part of my commitment to early intervention, my intention is to commence a pilot to introduce special educational needs (SEN) Classroom Assistants in a sample of preschool education settings in the 2025/26 academic year, subject to success in my department’s bid to the NICS Transformation Fund.