Pupils sit first transfer test
UP to 7,000 schoolchildren are sitting an unregulated transfer test, as the stalemate over education continues.
On Saturday, pupils are sitting the first grammar school entrance test run by the Association for Quality Education (AQE) which caters for 34 gramar schools educating mainly Protestant pupils.
Next week, the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium, which is made up mostly of Catholic grammar schools, will hold its first examination.
It is the second year the 'unofficial' examinations have been held in Northern Ireland.
Grammar schools are using the tests as a replacement for the 11-plus, scrapped by education minister Caitriona Ruane, despite widespread opposition.
Multi-party talks between the UUP, DUP, SDLP and Alliance were taking place in an attempt to resolve the education stalemate.
However, it is understood that the parties have not met formally since the summer. Sinn Fein are refusing to take part.
Earlier this year, an independent report concluded that if selection remains in the province, there should be a single method of transfer from primary school.
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