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| Heads in talks over school tests | Heads in talks over school tests |
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| Primary school principals from across Northern Ireland are to meet later to discuss their concerns about the proposed grammar school entrance tests. | Primary school principals from across Northern Ireland are to meet later to discuss their concerns about the proposed grammar school entrance tests. |
| Details of examinations in English and Maths to be held later this year have already been released. | Details of examinations in English and Maths to be held later this year have already been released. |
| Thursday's conference has been organised by teachers' unions. | |
| Brendan Harron of INTO claimed some schools are being forced to consider abandoning the curriculum to focus on the tests. | Brendan Harron of INTO claimed some schools are being forced to consider abandoning the curriculum to focus on the tests. |
| "INTO has received a large number of calls from principals as grammar schools attempt to place pressure on schools in the primary sector to conform to their proposed regime of academic testing for transfer. | "INTO has received a large number of calls from principals as grammar schools attempt to place pressure on schools in the primary sector to conform to their proposed regime of academic testing for transfer. |
| "This is forcing schools to consider abandoning the revised curriculum," he said. | "This is forcing schools to consider abandoning the revised curriculum," he said. |
| Mr Harron said the conference in Belfast was the beginning of a campaign to make sure voices of primary principals were heard. | Mr Harron said the conference in Belfast was the beginning of a campaign to make sure voices of primary principals were heard. |
| The final 11-plus was held in Northern Ireland's schools last November and the way in which children currently in primary six will transfer to second-level education remains unclear. | The final 11-plus was held in Northern Ireland's schools last November and the way in which children currently in primary six will transfer to second-level education remains unclear. |
| Some grammar schools have released details of their alternative to the 11-plus. | Some grammar schools have released details of their alternative to the 11-plus. |