Dodds calls for help for Shankill schools

| Readers 3

Diane Dodds, new DUP MLA for West Belfast, has called for direct rule minister Barry Gardiner to address the low performance of Shankill’s schools, highlighted in a recent report from the Shankill Partnership.”The survey found 62.04% of adults aged between 16 and 74 had no qualifications, compared with the Belfast average of 39.60% and a Northern Ireland average of 41.64%.

“It found the number of 18-19 year olds leaving school in the Greater Shankill with no qualifications was 19.67% compared to 11.05% for Belfast as a whole”.

Discover more from Slugger O'Toole

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Recent posts

Soapbox

Drumcree: What does Northern Ireland think?

Michael Hehir

A new opinion poll on Drumcree…

Brian Walker

Maurice Hayes remembered. From a nationalist background the paragon of all public servants and the pathfinder to an integrating Northern Ireland

We are reader supported. Donate to keep Slugger lit!

For over 20 years, Slugger has been an independent place for debate and new ideas. We have published over 40,000 posts and over one and a half million comments on the site. Each month we have over 70,000 readers. All this we have accomplished with only volunteers we have never had any paid staff.

Slugger does not receive any funding, and we respect our readers, so we will never run intrusive ads or sponsored posts. Instead, we are reader-supported. Help us keep Slugger independent by becoming a friend of Slugger. While we run a tight ship and no one gets paid to write, we need money to help us cover our costs.

If you like what we do, we are asking you to consider giving a monthly donation of any amount, or you can give a one-off donation. Any amount is appreciated. 

Give a monthly donation Give a one-off donation