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EDUCATING FOR EXCELLENCE: Choice and Opportunity
The Executive's Response to the National Debate
ANNEX 1
NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN EDUCATION
The National Priorities in Education were established in 2000. They set the framework for schools and education authorities to plan education for their pupils. The Executive will monitor progress against those plans. The National Priorities will be reviewed by 2005.
They are defined under the following headings:
- Achievement and Attainment: to raise standards of educational attainment for all in schools, especially in the core skills of literacy and numeracy, and to achieve better levels in national measures of achievement including examination results;
- Framework for Learning: to support and develop the skills of teachers, the self discipline of pupils and to enhance school environments so that they are conducive to teaching and learning;
- Inclusion and Equality: to promote equality and help every pupil benefit from education, with particular regard paid to pupils with disabilities and special educational needs, and to Gaelic and other lesser used languages;
- Values and Citizenship: to work with parents to teach pupils respect for themselves and for one another and their interdependence with other members of their neighbourhood and society, and to teach them the duties and responsibilities of citizenship in a democratic society; and
- Learning for Life: to equip pupils with the foundation skills, attitudes and expectations necessary to prosper in a changing society and to encourage creativity and ambition.
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