FORMER Education minister Carol Steere has admitted that her department did not do enough to halt the decline at La Mare de Carteret High.

PRIMARY schools are still in the firing line for closure, outgoing deputy Carol Steere has warned.

POLITICIANS who publicly criticised officers of the Education Department, including director of education Derek Neale, have been condemned by the former minister.

OUTGOING Education minister Carol Steere this morning called for a judicial review of the events that led to the review of the service.

MINISTERS used Carol Steere as a scapegoat by refusing to accept her resignation when she offered it in October, two deputies have said.

CAROL Steere finally resigned as Education minister yesterday, launching an attack on the chief minister in the process.

FOR a politician as under fire as the Education minister to volunteer to go on the BBC phone-in yesterday took considerable courage – and a determination to explain why the department hasn’t failed in its £75m. mission to give local children the best possible start in life.

EDUCATION minister Carol Steere yesterday rubbished a report that identified multiple failings in her department, labelling it unprofessional and inaccurate.

DIFFICULT conversations should have been had about the way Education was being run, it has been claimed.

THERE are two basic sorts of consultants’ reports. There’s the typical sort – long, verbose, laced with jargon and equivocal in its conclusions. About the only really firm proposal such reports usually include is a recommendation to commission a further expensive report.