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20/09/2013
Delegation Discuss The Future Of Post-Primary Education
A DUP delegation has met with the Chairman of the Southern Education and Library Board (SELB), Mr Plunkett Campbell and Mr Ronnie McVeigh, Vice Chair of the Board's Advisory Committee and discussed the future of post-primary education provision in the Craigavon area.
The delegation included DUP Upper Bann MP David Simpson, MLAs Sydney Anderson and Stephen Moutray, Councillor Carla Lockhart and Mervyn Storey, Chairman of the Assembly's Education Committee.
Speaking following the meeting, Upper Bann MLA Stephen Moutray said: "We welcomed the opportunity to meet with the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee and to voice our concerns over the future of the Dickson plan in Craigavon and Tandragee. This issue will not go away as it is of huge importance to parents in this area who are concerned about the future of education provision and are strongly supportive of the system that is currently in place. All attempts to change this will be met with strong public opposition.
"During the meeting we had a frank and open discussion and we expressed our concerns around the how the Board had handled the issue thus far. We have submitted a number of questions to the Board and look forward to receiving the answers to them. Once we have these we will be requesting another meeting and will continue to make the case for the retention of the Dickson plan."
(CD/JP)
The delegation included DUP Upper Bann MP David Simpson, MLAs Sydney Anderson and Stephen Moutray, Councillor Carla Lockhart and Mervyn Storey, Chairman of the Assembly's Education Committee.
Speaking following the meeting, Upper Bann MLA Stephen Moutray said: "We welcomed the opportunity to meet with the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee and to voice our concerns over the future of the Dickson plan in Craigavon and Tandragee. This issue will not go away as it is of huge importance to parents in this area who are concerned about the future of education provision and are strongly supportive of the system that is currently in place. All attempts to change this will be met with strong public opposition.
"During the meeting we had a frank and open discussion and we expressed our concerns around the how the Board had handled the issue thus far. We have submitted a number of questions to the Board and look forward to receiving the answers to them. Once we have these we will be requesting another meeting and will continue to make the case for the retention of the Dickson plan."
(CD/JP)
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