The decision to cut funding for a GCSE course teaching pupils road safety in Northern Ireland has been reversed. Grants to schools to teach a GCSE in Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies were axed in 2023 with other education cuts. The Department for Instructure (DfI) stopped providing textbook and funding for schools to buy a moped to teach the subjeft.
But Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has since reinstated the funding for the course. O’Dowd made the announcement in a visit to St Mark’s High School in Warrenpoint, one of nearly 60 schools in Northern Ireland which offer it as a GCSE course.
Young drivers, he said, were more likely to be affected by serious incidents on the road, adding that the course helped “to prepare young people for making good road safety decisions.” As part of the course, pupils learn how to ride a moped.
As well as a written exam, pupils are marked on how well they can check and ride the moped and how safely as well.
The course is run by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) which also teaches pupils about maintaining motor vehicles, the highway code, and how to drive safely.
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