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| Churches make transfer test call | Churches make transfer test call |
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| Unregulated testing by grammar schools is unacceptable to the majority of the community, Northern Ireland's three main Protestant churches have said. | Unregulated testing by grammar schools is unacceptable to the majority of the community, Northern Ireland's three main Protestant churches have said. |
| The churches said they were intensely disappointed at the lack of political progress on the transfer system. | The churches said they were intensely disappointed at the lack of political progress on the transfer system. |
| The Presbyterian, Church of Ireland and Methodist churches have been trying to thrash out a compromise agreement for the transfer of primary six pupils. | The Presbyterian, Church of Ireland and Methodist churches have been trying to thrash out a compromise agreement for the transfer of primary six pupils. |
| They have suggested a temporary official test should be set. | They have suggested a temporary official test should be set. |
| Education Minister CaitrÃona Ruane has consistently ruled out an official test. | |
| The final 11-plus was held in Northern Ireland schools last November. | |
| Many Catholic grammar schools have announced they will set independent tests, while more than 30 state schools say they will continue to use academic selection against Ms Ruane's wishes. | |
| The Catholic Church is to reveal its thinking on the post-primary transfer system next week. |