The Education Authority board in Northern Ireland (Ed_Authority) refuses to back a draft savings plan described as devastating
The board said it could not make £110m in savings without "highly unacceptable and detrimental risks" to childrenThe Education Authority board has refused to back a "devastating" draft savings plan.
Following a board meeting on Tuesday, the Education Authority will now present the Department of Education with "a small number of proposals" for "further consideration". Its chief executive Sara Long wrote to the department's permanent secretary Mark Browne on 21 December 2022.She said the EA board had identified draft savings of £43m at that time, but "the savings proposals presented remain draft and have not been approved".
"I am deeply concerned about the current financial environment and the consequences this will have for the educational attainment of future generations of children and young people in Northern Ireland." "There is a backlog of works that must be undertaken to address these issues and the cost of completing these works is estimated to be in the region of £500m."A further internal Education Authority document on the budget obtained following an EA board meeting on Tuesday, 17 January is equally blunt.
"We remain very concerned about the ever-growing, unprecedented, pressures facing education, which will carry into the next financial year and the potential detrimental and significant impact this could have.
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