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Type
  
Non-departmental body

Chair
  
Sharon O’Connor

Chief Executive
  
Gavin Boyd

Website
  
http://www.eani.org.uk

Formation
  
Established April 1, 2015; 22 months ago (2015-04-01)

Headquarters
  
Forestview, Purdy's Lane, Belfast, BT8 7AR

The Education Authority is a non-departmental body sponsored by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. It was established under the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12) which was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly. The authority became operational on 1 April 2015.

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Responsibilities

The Education Authority is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective primary and secondary education services are available to meet the needs of children and young people, and support for the provision of efficient and effective youth services. These services were previously delivered by the five Education and Library Boards (ELBs). Each of the former ELBs is now a sub region of the Education Authority:

  • Belfast Region
  • North Eastern Region
  • South Eastern Region
  • Southern Region
  • Western Region

    • Education Authority Board

    The Education Authority Board consists of 20 members plus the Chair. These include:

  • 8 political members who were nominated by political parties according to the D’Hondt mechanism;
  • 4 members representative of the interests of the Transferors (the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland, and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland) of controlled schools;
  • 4 members representative of the interests of the Trustees of maintained schools;
  • 1 member representative of the interests of Integrated schools;
  • 1 member representative of the interests of Irish medium schools;
  • 1 member representative of the interests of Voluntary Grammar schools; and
  • 1 member representative of the interests of Controlled Grammar schools

    • References

    Education Authority Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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