Thomas Pringle
Ceist:148 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the cross-Border education survey; and if he can provide a timescale for completion of same. [36137/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 19 July 2012
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Freagraí scríofa
At the NSMC Education meeting held at Farmleigh House, Dublin on Friday 15 June 2012, the Ministerial Council considered the progress made towards the development of a questionnaire and mechanisms for a joint attitudinal survey to inform cross-border pupil movement and school planning; agreed the planned next steps for the conduct of the survey including finalisation of survey questions, piloting a survey questionnaire and roll out of the main survey in 2012; and agreed that a final report on the results from the survey and proposals on the way forward will be available for consideration no later than the first NSMC Education meeting of 2013.