# Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
In this Order—
(a) Part II contains provisions about discipline in grant-aided schools;
(b) 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;
(c) Part IV contains provisions relating to the performance and management of schools;
(d) Part V contains provisions concerning the provision and funding of pre-school education and the admission of children to such education;
(e) Part VI contains provisions relating to the establishment and functions of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and to the employment of teachers;
(f) 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;
(g) Part VIII re-enacts existing provisions concerning the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and confers certain new functions on that Council;
(h) Part IX contains miscellaneous provisions relating to education.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377170/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/note
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