{"id":3693,"date":"2016-05-27T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2016-05-27T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:03:52","slug":"3693","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=3693","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<hgroup>\n<h1>Peter Weir: PUP ignored effect of paramilitarism on school failings<\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dr John Kyle published the PUP's report on educational underachievement\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/webimage\/1.7403677.1464286154!\/image\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/articleMaxWidth_620\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Dr John Kyle published the PUP's report on educational underachievement\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<h4 data-ellipsize-height=\"54\">Dr John Kyle published the PUP&#8217;s report on educational underachievement<\/h4>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside>\n<div>\n<div><!-- Article Timestamp --><\/p>\n<div><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"Friday 27 May 2016\">07:45 Friday 27 May 2016 <\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section><!-- Comments CTA --> <!-- END Comments CTA --><!--PSTYLE=WINT_WEB INTRO--><\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new Education Minister has criticised a PUP report on educational underachievement for failing to discuss the impact of paramilitarism in loyalist areas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last year PUP deputy leader Dr John Kyle published a report, Firm Foundations, based on work by the Unionist Forum, which was set up in response to the loyalist flag protests in 2012.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Asked if he was likely to have a working partnership of any sort with Dr Kyle based on the report, new minister Peter Weir replied: \u201cThere are a lot of points in it I would otherwise agree with, but we differ on a couple of points, for example the PUP is hostile to academic selection.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adTag_4\" data-meta-adtagid=\"3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news\" data-has-pos=\"true\" data-additional=\";weathertoday=lightrain;weathertomorrow=sunnyspells\" data-nav=\"news,northern-ireland-news\" data-pgid=\"17403678\" data-trigger-once=\"gpt:ready\" data-adtag-pos=\"mpu1,artmpu1\" data-adtag-type=\"MPU\" data-size=\"300x251,300x250\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"adTag_5\" data-meta-adtagid=\"3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news\" data-has-pos=\"true\" data-additional=\";weathertoday=lightrain;weathertomorrow=sunnyspells\" data-nav=\"news,northern-ireland-news\" data-pgid=\"17403678\" data-trigger-once=\"gpt:ready\" data-adtag-pos=\"2x1\" data-adtag-type=\"2x1\" data-size=\"2x1\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news_3__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news_3\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news_3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"2\" height=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news_3__hidden__\" title=\"\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_3948\/belfast.jp\/northern-ireland-news_3__hidden__\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\"><\/iframe>He would agree with the PUP on the importance of \u201cearly intervention\u201d and \u201cpositive [educational] role models\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mobile-mid-article-text-links-title\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mobile-mid-article-text-links\">\u00a0\u201cBut paramilitarism was the elephant in the room which was not mentioned in the PUP report.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was one aspect that is not helpful to education achievement among young Protestant males in particular that was surprisingly not mentioned by the PUP in their report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked would he be likely to have any sort of working partnership with the PUP on the issues, he replied: \u201cThere are quite a number of reports which address the underachievement raised in the PUP report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department has more recently taken on wide responsibility for child <a id=\"itxthook1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland-news\/peter-weir-pup-ignored-effect-of-paramilitarism-on-school-failings-1-7403678#\" rel=\"nofollow\">care<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"itxthook1icon\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> issues which will provide great opportunities for early interventions.<\/p>\n<p>There are encouraging projects in this area on the Shankill and west Belfast as well as Lisburn, he added.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland-news\/peter-weir-pup-ignored-effect-of-paramilitarism-on-school-failings-1-7403678#ixzz49qSXiCYn\">http:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland-news\/peter-weir-pup-ignored-effect-of-paramilitarism-on-school-failings-1-7403678#ixzz49qSXiCYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" ><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\"); var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_counters_lang=\"en_US\";var hupso_title_t=\"\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Weir: PUP ignored effect of paramilitarism on school failings Dr John Kyle published the PUP&#8217;s report on educational underachievement 07:45 Friday 27 May 2016 &nbsp; The new Education Minister has criticised a PUP report on educational underachievement for failing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=3693\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" ><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\"); var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_counters_lang=\"en_US\";var hupso_title_t=\"\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}