After months of tense negotiations, elections for the Northern IrelandAssembly are now set for 7 March. If all goes to plan the electionshould result in the job of governing children's services in theprovince handed back to the Northern Ireland Executive.
On children's services at least there is a significant degree of overlapbetween the province's five main parties. But divisions still remain,not least on academic selection in schools. So, with just over a week togo until election day, Children Now decided to examine the children'spolicies in each of the five main parties' manifestos.
ALLIANCE PARTY OF NORTHERN IRELAND
The cross-community Alliance Party wants to guarantee a nursery schoolplace for every child and increase funding for nursery and classroomassistants.
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