Belfast Area Partnerships meet Minister for Education

Representatives from the Belfast Area Partnerships including East Belfast Partnership's Maggie Andrews met with Education Minister, John O'Dowd to discuss the success of the recently completed Community Education Initiatives Programme, supported by Department of Education. The Minister encouraged the group to continue building on the work completed so far and offered his full support to see it continued.

The CEIP programme in east Belfast included, amongst other things:

  • Easter Revision Classes for GCSE English and Maths students
  • Family Learning Visits to Titanic Belfast, W5 and Belfast Zoo
  • Literacy Programmes in schools
  • GCSE Revision Classes in schools
  • Parenting Courses
  • Moving Image Arts Programme for P6 classes

To find out more about EastSide Learning Partnership plans for Education in east Belfast please download the recently launched Education Framework