The Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
Made: 10th February 2022
Coming into operation: 10th March 2022
The Department of Education[^f00001] makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 7(2) and 43(5) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006[^f00002].
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and comes into operation on 10th March 2022.
Amendment of the Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
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- (1) The Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007[^f00003] is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
- (2) In Part 5 of Schedule 2, in the Table headed “LEARNING FOR LIFE AND WORK: Personal Development”, in the Column entitled “Personal Health” after “Pupils should have opportunities to:” insert “Receive training in (i) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and (ii) automatic external defibrillator (AED) awareness.”.
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 10th February 2022
Suzanne Kingon — A senior officer of the Department of Education
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This order amends the Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 to add cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and automatic external defibrillator (AED) awareness to the list of topics that must be taught as part of Learning for Life and Work: Personal Development at Key Stage 3 in post-primary schools.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5 (N.I.) (See s.1(11) and Schedule 1)
[^f00002]: S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)
[^f00003]: S.R. 2007 No. 46
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