Paul Givan

Minister of Education 2024-Present. NI First Minister 2021/22. Minister for Communities 2016-17. Justice Committee Chairman 2011-14 & 20/21. MLA 2010-Present

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Education Minister Paul Givan paid a visit to the new Bangor Sure Start premises this week.

The Minister met with staff, local representatives and families to hear first-hand about the impact the Sure Start services are having within the local community.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📢ANNOUNCEMENT | Education Minister Paul Givan has published the results of the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy consultation, showing strong public support for ambitious plans to cut childcare costs and expand access to pre-school education.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/hYokurd2wA

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Education Minister Paul Givan visited Towerview Primary School where he was welcomed by Principal Tim Beckett, Vice-Principal Helen Norton, staff and local representatives.

The Minister enjoyed performances from the choir before touring the school and outside grounds. He also chatted with P7 pupils about their experiences at Towerview and their move to post-primary school.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Bangor Grammar School welcomed Education Minister Paul Givan this week where he met with Principal Mr Gilmore and the senior pupil leadership team.

The Minister had a tour of the school facilities and took park in a Q and A session.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT | Tom Bennett OBE, a leading expert in behaviour management, has been appointed by the Department of Education to lead a review of behaviour policy and practice across schools in Northern Ireland.

The review will examine the Department’s existing behaviour policy and will consider how it can be strengthened to better support schools in managing increasingly complex behavioural challenges.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/r7ayQsyAmm

@tombennett71

[Cool FM News @newsoncool]

📚🗣️Education Minister launches plans to revamp what's taught in NI schools from 2028: "The current curriculum isn't effective."

🎤🎥Education Minister @paulgivan speaking to our reporter @mckee23_r at the launch of a proposed new school curriculum for Northern Ireland.

It's due to start being taught in schools from September 2028 and includes a new subject of digital technology.

💬Teachers, parents, pupils and stakeholders are being invited to respond to a consultation on the new curriculum, which runs until September 30.

The Minister says the current curriculum - introduced in 2007 - is "vague" and "frustrates teachers," adding that the proposals aim to "close the attainment gap" and benefit "in particular those who come from more disadvantaged backgrounds."

[Jim Gamble @JimGamble_INEQE]

Whilst the age remains 10 in NI (in line with England and Wales), the fact is the criminal justice system here opts to divert children from the CJS into early intervention non crime pathways. The current proposal wasn’t well thought out, evidenced or considered in the widest sense. It simply moved one cliff edge, 10 to 14. It demonstrated a lack of consistency as it also sought to exempt certain serious crimes. That undermines the principle of responding on the basis of the child’s capacity and understanding, rather than the crime type. It lacked any safety net provisions. Pushing it through rather than pausing, reflecting and building a better structured approach to children between 10 and 14 and 14, onwards made no sense. This now presents an opportunity to rethink and revise the age via a mature Youth Justice Bill. Short-cuts produce bad law.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT | Education Minister, Paul Givan has officially launched a new world-leading Northern Ireland Curriculum for public consultation, marking a major milestone in the TransformED programme to deliver excellence and equity across the education system.

The consultation will run from 16 June until 30 September 2026.

Find out more and have your say: https://t.co/Iy6t2RfmZo

#TransformED

[Education NI @Education_NI]

🚀 TransformED | Curriculum Launch

Education Minister Paul Givan takes to the stage at the launch of the new Northern Ireland curriculum.

The Minister highlights key elements of the new curriculum and what this means for the future of education in Northern Ireland.

#TransformED

[DUP @duponline]

.@paulfrewDUP with an appeal to UUP MLAs not to allow a change to the law today that would remove tools available to the police and would send a dangerous message to victims about where they feature in our priorities.

[DUP @duponline]

Petty party politics is not as important as protecting our streets.
@GRobinsonDUP

[Education NI @Education_NI]

🎥 WATCH | Ahead of the launch of the new Northern Ireland Curriculum for public consultation next week, Chair of the Curriculum Taskforce, Christine Counsell OBE and Deputy Chair Lucy Crehan explain the process of drafting the new Curriculum and its aims and objectives.

#TransformED @Counsell_C @lucy_crehan

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Education Minister Paul Givan has congratulated staff from across the education and youth sectors who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list for 2026.

Find out more: https://t.co/uuMu4LbdmV

[Paul Frew @paulfrewDUP]

The Education Minister Paul Givan visiting Dalriada School Ballymoney last week to meet the staff & pupils and to look over the plans for new pitch provision. DUP Delivery

[Gavin Robinson @GRobinsonDUP]

Violence and disorder is wrong and it is counterproductive. It serves no purpose other than the destruction of neighbourhoods and to turn the focus away from where it should be.

Many of us have spoken out before to highlight the issues of concern and we will continue to do so. If you are not prepared to make your views known peacefully and lawfully then you are undermining the cause you are claiming to stand for.

[Paul Givan @paulgivan]

We must protect children, safeguard victims and ensure every school is a safe place to learn and work. I will outline in the Assembly why the proposed changes are damaging and should be opposed. Raising the age of criminal responsibility undermines these efforts.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Education Minister Paul Givan today met with the Uniformed Youth Work Hub to hear about their ongoing work with young people across Northern Ireland.

Discussions covered a range of topics including the review of Priorities for Youth and funding.

The Hub brings together six uniformed organisations in Northern Ireland - @ggulster, Boys' Brigade NI, Scout Foundation NI, Scouts NI, Girls' Brigade and the Catholic Guides of Ireland.

[Gavin Robinson @GRobinsonDUP]

I’ve stood on the ground in many riot situations. Most people commenting haven’t a clue what they’re talking about.

Carla, Diane, Jonathan and our Councillors were in Scarva doing the hard thing. They weren’t there for selfies or social media posts. They were there to provide leadership, keep calm heads and help ensure a difficult situation did not become a worse one.

Those who were actually there know the role they played.

[Paul Frew @paulfrewDUP]

My party has tabled a Petition of Concern on this, we have all signed it. If UUP leader believes what he states that ‘it is dangerous & denies victims justice” then UUP will sign Petition of Concern, they’ve failed to do so when asked. It’s not too late, I ask Jon & UUP to sign

[DUP @duponline]

Take time to listen to @Education_NI Minister @paulgivan explain the background to his #TransformED reform programme

https://t.co/uF14JBgjC4