In a speech to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Ruane said equality will now be at the centre of education policy in the province.
“We will move away from the outdated 1947 education model, which has divided children into grammar and non-grammar. We do have academic successes to be proud of, but too many young people are failed by the current system,” she said.
Under her education reforms, decisions about how children’s education will develop will now take place at the age of 14.
Ruane described her proposals as moving to a 14 plus system that will mix both vocational and academic education.
Children moving to post-primary schools in September 2010 will be the last to take the 11 plus test.
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