The minister said it had long been his view that "there should be a single integrated teacher training system in Northern Ireland".

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly

Mr Farry turned to the wider picture of the teacher training system, and Stranmillis's counterpart in the Catholic sector, St Mary's University College.

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly

The minister then announced a two-stage study of the teacher training infrastructure, to consider the affordability of the current system and the options for a more shared and integrated system.

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly

Gary Haines, who describes himself as black and a product of an inner city school system, is training to be a teacher having worked in London as a learning support assistant.

BBC: Kwame Kwei-Armah in his BBC One Casualty role

To date, the in-service teacher training is playing an important role in supporting the basic education system in remote areas.

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