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| Bishop against school 11-plus bid | Bishop against school 11-plus bid |
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| The Catholic Bishop of Derry has criticised the decision of a Catholic grammar school to introduce its own form of academic selection. | The Catholic Bishop of Derry has criticised the decision of a Catholic grammar school to introduce its own form of academic selection. |
| Lumen Christi College in Derry announced two weeks ago that it would set its own entrance exam when the 11-plus examination was abolished. | Lumen Christi College in Derry announced two weeks ago that it would set its own entrance exam when the 11-plus examination was abolished. |
| Dr Seamus Hegarty, a senior trustee of the college, said he was not consulted. | |
| He said he was opposed to the aptitude test because academic selection did not offer equal opportunity to all. | He said he was opposed to the aptitude test because academic selection did not offer equal opportunity to all. |
| Dr Hegarty said the school's board of governors had decided to introduce the test after September 2009. | |
| "As senior trustee, I had no knowledge of their decision and became aware of it through the media. I cannot support this decision," he said. | |
| He said he had been supporting the efforts of local Catholic post-primary schools to work out an alternative to academic selection based on equal opportunity. | |
| Dr Hegarty said he hoped that all Catholic schools would continue to support that system. |