Northern Ireland Assembly
Education Service

Supporting young people’s understanding of the Northern Ireland Assembly and democracy.

The Primary and 8-10 sections of this website are available in Irish

Primary

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  • Who are your MLAs?
    Which constituency do you live in and who are your MLAs? The people of Northern Ireland elect MLAs to...
  • Introduction to the Assembly

    Introduction to the Assembly

    We live in a democracy. This means we can express our views about how Northern Ireland is run...
  • How a Law is Made
    Laws are rules to protect people and help a country or region to run smoothly...
  • Quiz Graphic
    Take part in our quiz to see if you could be a future MLA!...

Years 8-10

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  • Inside Parliament Buildings activity screenshot
    Welcome to Parliament Buildings, home of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998, Everyone is welcome...
  • The Work of an MLA
    One of the major roles of an MLA, or Member of the Legislative Assembly, is to work on new laws, or legislation...
  • Illustrated images of a local town from the "Who Decideds What" interactive activity
    Why do we have MEPs, MPs, MLAs and Councillors? There are three levels of government making decisions that affect you...
  • Quiz Graphic
    Take part in our quiz to see if you could be a future MLA!...

Years 11-12

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Post 16

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  • The Work of the Assembly - graphic depicting Stormont
    The Northern Ireland Assembly, made up of 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly or MLAs,has three main functions...
  • Snapshots of History activity screenshot
    After powers were devolved to the Assembly, things did not run smoothly and a number of further agreements were required...
  • Consociationalism

    Consociationalism explained

    Find out how consociationalism aims to stabilise divided societies and how the theory applies to the Northern Ireland Assembly...
  • Quiz Graphic
    Take part in our quiz to see if you could be a future MLA!...

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