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Covid-19: Vital children return to classrooms, says Peter Weir
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The education minister has said it is vital that all children return to school, but broader public health must be considered when making decisions.
Pre-school, nursery and pupils in primaries one to three will return to classrooms on 8 March.
They will then resume remote learning on 22 March to enable the return of pupils in years 12 to 14 until the start of the Easter holidays.
The return to classroom learning has been welcomed by school leaders.
The vast majority of pupils in Northern Ireland have been learning remotely since Christmas.
Proposed new public service pay deal backed by nurses, rejected by doctors New accord very likely to be formally ratified by public service unions next Tuesday
Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:16 Updated: Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 18:54
The proposed new public service pay agreement has been decisively supported by nurses but overwhelmingly rejected by doctors.
The vote by nurses to support the proposed agreement on Friday means that it is very likely to be formally ratified by the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) at a meeting next Tuesday.
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) backed the proposed deal by more than 91 per cent in a ballot.
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