Governor seminars

The Department of Education, with assistance from the Regional Training Unit, provided a series of Information Seminars for school governors in late January and early February 2012.

Their purpose was to provide an opportunity for Chairpersons of Boards of Governors to hear directly from senior officials in the Department about the importance attached to the role of school governor and to promoting strong and effective school governance.

Governors were briefed on the financial context within which the education service is now operating and the continuing priority attached to raising education standards and reducing educational underachievement.

There were three presentations at each seminar:

• Budget presentation by John McGrath / Trevor Connolly budget_presentation.ppt 388 KB
• Standards presentation by Katrina Godfrey / Chris Hughes putting_pupils_first_presentation.ppt 353 KB
• Education and Training Inspectorate presentation by Noelle Buick / Paul McAlister / David Beck / Faustina Graham education_and_training_inspectorate.ppt 1025 KB

A summary of the Question and Answer sessions will be published on this page shortly.