Education Minister Peter Weir said it was a ‘very positive day for young people’.

A petition has been launched calling for an end to a ban on singing and music lessons in schools in Northern Ireland.

TRINITY College Dublin has named Professor Linda Doyle as the first female provost in its 429-year history.

PUPILS in every year group will be back in schools today for the first time since December.

THE contribution of black people to history and culture should be taught in all subjects at school, a union conference has been told.

TEACHERS are to be asked to consider taking strike action over changes to the Republic's Covid-19 vaccine programme.

Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said the tests can assist plans for returning to onsite education in the next academic year.

A POPULAR Easter school that works to boost the exam results of young people in disadvantaged areas is to go ahead, but will be delivered digitally.