Irish-medium schools in Northern Ireland face bias from authorities, according to research commissioned by CnaG and CAJNi
Irish-medium schools have faced "ill-disguised sectarianism and anti-Irish bias" from Northern Ireland's education authorities, according to research.Their report examined the Department of Education's duty to "encourage and facilitate the development" of Irish-medium education.The research was presented at the annual conference of the Irish-medium schools umbrella body Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta .
There were more than 7,000 pupils in Irish-medium education in the 2021-22 school year, a rise of about 1,300 pupils in five years. "This research reflects the widespread sense of hurt and disappointment that characterises the experience of the Irish-medium education community of its relationship with the Department of Education and the Education Authority."One contributor interviewed for the research said people working in the IME sector felt like "the education system's dirty little secret".
"Experiences within the sector often present a prima facie case of discrimination - cases in which there was widespread concern that they had been treated unfairly by the system precisely because they were IME schools," the report said."The suggestion is that decisions were not made for unfortunate but legitimate reasons - lack of resources or bureaucracy for example - but rather due to ill-disguised sectarianism and anti-Irish bias in decision making.
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