The Troubles to become a required part of the curriculum for all Northern Irish schools

The Troubles to become a required part of the curriculum for all Northern Irish schools

The history of the Troubles is to be put on the Northern Irish school curriculum officially for the first time, the Department of Education has said.

Teaching the History of the Troubles

Significant changes are being made in education (when are they not) and the Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028 consultation has been announced by the DUP’s Paul Givan. See link at bottom. One change that has made the news is that teachers of History must teach the history of the N. Ireland Troubles at both KS3 (Year 8-10) and KS4-GCSE. Until now this has been optional and it was possible even to teach GCSE History without covering the events of th…