John O'Dowd will make the speech later on Monday The Education Minister John O'Dowd is due to make a major speech at the Assembly on the future of schools in Northern Ireland.
It is understood he will address falling pupil numbers, poor exam results and possibly school closures.
It comes as new figures show the number of empty school desks could be as high as 85,000.
The department lost £700m from its budget for the next four years after cuts by Westminster to the block grant.
The review
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