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November GCSE exams postponed for thousands of pupils

Bimpe Archer

THOUSANDS of pupils have had next month's GCSE exams postponed due to the late decision by Education Minister Peter Weir to close schools for an extended mid-term break.

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Queen's University to scale back face-to-face teaching

Simon Doyle 16 Oct, 2020

QUEEN'S University has agreed to scale back its face-to-face learning for the rest of the year.

Flagship Strule shared campus pushed back to 2025 'at the earliest'

Simon Doyle 16 Oct, 2020

AN overdue flagship shared education campus will not open fully for at least another five years.

Fresh exams row brewing over `wasted' AS-level year

Simon Doyle 15 Oct, 2020

A fresh exams storm is brewing with pupils and teachers demanding record-breaking AS-levels count towards next year's A-level grades.

School closures due to `abandoning' social distancing, union claims

Simon Doyle 15 Oct, 2020

SHUTTING schools for a second time was an inevitable consequence of abandoning social distancing, it has been claimed.

Analysis: Not a school shutdown but an `extended holiday'

Simon Doyle 15 Oct, 2020

DAYS after education minster Peter Weir suggested an extended half-term holiday would be unhelpful, an extended half-term holiday has been approved.

Schools will be closed to all pupils including vulnerable children and children of key workers

Digital Staff 14 Oct, 2020

Direct payments will be made to pupils in receipt of Free School Meals during the week of 19 October.

Proposed changes to exams causing deep upset among pupils and teachers

Simon Doyle 14 Oct, 2020

CHANGES to exams in 2021 have angered teachers and pupils in equal measure.

Judgment reserved in court challenge to merger of Downpatrick schools

14 Oct, 2020

JUDGMENT was reserved yesterday in a High Court challenge to a planned merger of post-primary Catholic schools.

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