In Northern Ireland, ESD was prominently included in its first-ever Sustainable Development Action Plan (SDAP) in 2006, and the devolved administration has formally incorporated SD into the Northern Ireland school curriculum from 2007 as one of its thematic units. ESD is promoted as a part of the statutory Environment and Society area of learning, which includes the subject strands of Geography and History in KS3 and 4.
To achieve ESD targets, Northern Ireland’s SDAP specifically promoted the use of a ‘good practice’ guide created in 2005 through another ESD process undertaken by the Interboard Education for Sustainable Development Group, which is comprised of a number of regional Library Boards. In 2006 DENI conducted an independent strategic review of education entitled Schools for the Future: Funding, Strategy, Sharing. Northern Ireland has invested in initial teacher education for SD, and in 2007 initiated a consultation process on Sustainable Schools for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has also set a target to attain Eco-School accreditation for a quarter of all schools.
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