The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Programmes of training by boards

149.—(1) A board shall, at such times and in such form as the Department may direct, prepare and submit to the Department a programme of the provision it proposes to secure—

(a) for the further training of teachers, in pursuance of its duty under a scheme under Article 29;

(b) for the further training of teachers employed in institutions of further education, in pursuance of its duty under Article 147(1);

(c) for the training of persons mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) to (e) of Article 148, in pursuance of its duty under that paragraph.

(2) Before preparing a programme under paragraph (1) a board shall consult—

(a) the Board of Governors of—

(i) every controlled school under its management;

(ii) every maintained school maintained by it;

(iii) every other voluntary or grant-maintained integrated school situated in its area;

(b) any person approved by the Department under Article 11(8) of the principal Order in relation to a voluntary school situated in its area;

(c) the governing body of every institution of further education situated in its area;

(d) the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools;

(e) the Northern Ireland Curriculum Council and the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council;

(f) such other persons as the board considers appropriate.

(3) The Department may request a board to furnish such information in connection with any programme submitted to the Department under this Article as the Department may require, including information as to the results of consultations under paragraph (2).

(4) The Department may, after making such modifications, if any, in the programme as after consultation with the board it considers necessary or expedient, approve any programme submitted to it under this Article.

(5) It shall be the duty of a board to give effect to the provisions of any programme which has been approved by the Department under this Article.

(6) A board may at any time, and shall if the Department so directs, prepare and submit to the Department a revised programme or an amendment to an existing programme and paragraphs (2) to (5) shall apply in relation to any such revised programme or amendment as they apply in relation to the programme.