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New guidance recommends face coverings in schools

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Face coverings to be worn in communal school areas

Face coverings will be required in communal areas of schools when schools return on a full-time basis. The guidance, announced this evening by Peter Weir, comes into effect from August 31. The Minister said: “My key priority is that pupils return to ...

25 Aug 2020 at 21:44

Local News

78,000 food parcels the tip of the iceberg, says local councillor

Mid Ulster District Council are to write to the Education Minister in support of a Private Member's Bill aimed at reducing the impact of 'holiday hunger'. Council agreed to pen the letter to Minister Weir to support the need for legislation to help ...

12 May 2021 at 06:00

Local News

Teaching union membership approve pay deal

Members of two teaching unions the have voted to accept the 4.25% pay and workload offer agreed earlier this month. An online vote, conducted from Monday to Wednesday has resulted in both NASUWT and INTO's members approving the proposed deal, ...

23 Apr 2020 at 15:46

Covid-19

CORONAVIRUS LATEST: Examinations cancelled as Minister reveals Education plan

No GCSE, AS or A Level exams will take place in Northern Ireland this year, with a combination of other methods used to award grades. Education Minister Peter Weir announced the move in a letter to schools this afternoon. He said: “We will ...

19 Mar 2020 at 20:20

Northern Ireland

Education Minister says resolving industrial action by teachers ‘is a priority’

Teachers and support staff should be recognised for the job they do, Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan has said as he pledged to seek a resolution to industrial action. Education staff were among public sector workers who took part ...

08 Feb 2024 at 13:23

Local News

Derry Girls Lisa McGee joins university leadership programme

The author of Derry Girls, the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, a rugby star and a top business executive are set to inspire the next generation of leaders as part of a university project. Lisa McGee, Jayne Brady, Tommy Bowe ...

31 May 2023 at 10:23

Northern Ireland

Cap on university places a ‘handbrake’ on Northern Ireland’s economy

A cap on university places available in Northern Ireland is acting like a “handbrake” on the region’s economy, MPs have warned. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee highlighted that in 2019 about two thirds of the 17,000 local ...

08 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Home

Four Hundred children with special educational needs are still without school places

A Derry City and Strabane District councillor has said families need urgent certainty over school places. Cllr Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Féin) has called on the Education Authority to ensure children with special educational needs ...

08 Jul 2023 at 10:45

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Derry MLA - 'Long tale of underachievement in the North' ignored by Independent Review of Education

The Independent Review of Education has put a "welcome focus" on SEN (Special Educational Needs) and early years, according to Foyle MLA Pádraig Delargy (Sinn Féin) but "ignores the long tale of underachievement in the ...

14 Dec 2023 at 11:30

Features

COMMENT: Belated U-turn on results should have come last week

I was in St Patrick's Maghera last week, capturing the images of their AS and A2 students for posterity. (You can find them here). There were plenty of smiles, but despite the blistering sunshine, the atmosphere was ...

19 Aug 2020 at 08:30

Local News

Thousands of school support staff to begin strike action across NI

Thousands of school support staff across Northern Ireland are going on strike with the warning that further action will follow if a resolution to their concerns over pay is not found. Workers such as bus drivers, ...

20 May 2024 at 09:11

Northern Ireland

Up to eight new special schools to be built, Givan announces

Up to eight new special schools will be delivered in Northern Ireland over the next decade, Education Minister Paul Givan has told the Assembly. Mr Givan announced the programme of capital investment for the ...

30 Apr 2024 at 16:06

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