Explanatory note

Part II contains provisions about discipline in grant-aided schools;

Part III contains provisions relating to the baseline assessment of pupils in their first year of compulsory education and the assessment and performance of other pupils;

Part IV contains provisions relating to the performance and management of schools;

Part V contains provisions concerning the provision and funding of pre-school education and the admission of children to such education;

Part VI contains provisions relating to the establishment and functions of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and to the employment of teachers;

Part VII re-enacts existing provisions relating to the financing of schools with amendments which transfer responsibility for the funding of voluntary grammar schools and grant-maintained integrated schools from the Department to boards;

Part VIII re-enacts existing provisions concerning the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and confers certain new functions on that Council;

Part IX contains miscellaneous provisions relating to education.