Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has today made a statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly announcing 28 schools to advance in planning under the Major Capital Works Programme.
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The schools will benefit from an estimated capital investment of £794m.
A copy of the Minister’s statement is available here: www.education-ni.gov.uk/publications/oral-statement-major-capital-works
Notes to editors:
1. The list of schools which will advance in planning from this announcement are:
Ballyclare High School
Ballyclare Secondary School
Ballymena Academy
Belfast High School
Cambridge House, Ballymena
Carrickfergus Academy
Dean Maguirc College
Dromore High School
Edmund Rice, Newtownabbey
Friends' School Lisburn
Hunterhouse College, Belfast
Killicomaine Junior High School
Larne Grammar
Larne High School
Lisnagarvey High School, Lisburn
Loreto College, Coleraine
Lumen Christi College, Londonderry
Malone Integrated College, Belfast
Mercy College, Belfast
Portadown College
Sperrin Integrated College, Magherafelt
St Brigid's College, Londonderry
St Catherine's College, Armagh
St Ciaran's College, Dungannon
St Joseph's College, Belfast
St Louise's Comprehensive College, Belfast
St Paul's High School, Newry
St Pius X College, Magherafelt.
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