Current Situation
There are currently 61 integrated schools comprising 20 second-level colleges, and 41 primary schools. In addition, there are 19 integrated nursery schools, most of which are linked to primary schools.
Initially, such schools met with considerable opposition from certain local politicians who were angry at an alleged favouritism in funding being shown to them by the Government. They felt the state controlled school system should be regarded as the true model of integration and that only the existence of maintained schools preserved a culture of segregation in Northern Ireland.
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