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

[Paul Givan @paulgivan]

And there I thought it was Unionists to blame 🤷

[Gerry Carroll @GerryCarrollPBP]

For over a decade, residents of Anytown raised genuine concerns about the size, safety & suitability of Casement Park - and were treated disgracefully for it by the political establishment. Now, with the GAA appearing to scale the stadium way back, those residents are vindicated.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📷 WATCH | Education Minister Paul Givan toured the National Autistic Society Northern Ireland's brand-new Autism Centre in Randalstown this week.

The Minister heard more from staff and those who have directly benefitted from its services about how the bespoke facility is helping to create learning opportunities and provide life-changing support for autistic people and their families.

To find out more about the centre, visit: https://t.co/YUaf00OkUD

@NIautism

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT | Education Minister Paul Givan has announced plans to reform Northern Ireland's school admissions system, placing parental preference at the heart of decision-making.

Proposals to reshape the operation of the Temporary Variation policy will allow schools to more easily increase their intakes where parental demand exists.

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/UFQh106d6f

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Education Minister Paul Givan attended a Being Well Doing Well celebration event at St Bernard's Primary School, Glengormley last week.

The event was hosted by the Education Authority and celebrated the schools who signed up to the programme and committed to a whole school approach to emotional health and wellbeing.

The Minister heard about the positive impact of the programme and presented a commemoration plaque to the school for their involvement.

@stbernardspsgg @Ed_Authority

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📽️WATCH | Education Minister Paul Givan recently celebrated the official opening of the new and improved @DownHighSchool in Downpatrick.

In this video, proud Principal Maud Perry and current students tell us how their new environment has changed their learning experience and improved staff and pupil morale.

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

[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.