The Northern Irish Department of Education has launched a ‘Call for Evidence’ on the ‘Review of the Religious Education (RE) Core Syllabus for Northern Ireland’. An online survey will be used to gather views from the public to inform the work of a group of experts, teachers and school leaders, which has been set up to take forward the review.
The Call for Evidence will play an important role alongside extensive stakeholder engagement in shaping the work of the Drafting Group as it revises the RE Core Syllabus.
The review follows a Supreme Court judgment which found that the current RE Core Syllabus does not present information in an objective, critical and pluralistic manner. The existing Core Syllabus is almost 20 years old, and the review aligns with wider reform of the Northern Ireland Curriculum.
The Call for Evidence closes on March 20, 2026. The survey is available at: https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/de/re-review-call-for-evidence/
