Episode 37: Le Ministre
NI's first Minister of Education takes charge of a schooling system in crisis
NI's first Minister of Education takes charge of a schooling system in crisis
As term begins in 1921, thousands of children in Belfast still don't have a school place thanks to an education system in desperate need of reform. Enter Lord Londonderry, Northern Ireland's first Education Minister. But he soon hits roadblocks in implementing changes in a deeply divided society.