Grammar schools are using entrance exams as a marketing device, the Education Minister John O’Dowd has claimed.
His comments come three years after the abolition of the 11-plus examination.
Thousands of primary 7 pupils will sit the first of up to five transfer tests on Saturday in the hope of securing a place at a grammar school.
The minister told the BBC’s Good Morning Ulster programme there was no academic reason for having such tests.
Mr O’Dowd, whose predecessor Caitriona Ruane abolished the old-style 11-plus, said there was no educational basis for academic selection.
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