The British government has also confirmed it is planning to carry out mass testing of students for Covid.

SCHOOLS and youth organisations will next week come together in the fight against bullying.

Education minister Peter Weir was coming under pressure last night to cancel next year’s second level exams for all school pupils.

ULSTER Unionist leader Steve Aiken has called for the creation of a new professorship at Queen's University "to study unionism and its contribution to Northern Ireland".

Education Minister rules out cancelling A-level and GCSE exams

Koulla Yiasouma said that the current situation was “untenable” for schools and young people

AN education think tank is urging pupils to take rigorous backup assessments rather than relying on mock scores in case next year's exams are scrapped.

STUDENTS' university offers could soon be based on their actual grades, rather than teachers' predictions, under radical plans to be published by admissions service Ucas.

Schools should consider allowing pupils to wear extra layers in the classroom due to the extra ventilation required during the coronavirus pandemic, the education minister has said.

THE north's five main teaching unions have called for alternative arrangements to be put in place in case transfer tests cannot go ahead.

CHILDREN sitting the transfer test could be seated in class bubbles as part of safety measures being considered.

STUDENT teachers will face a very different experience to their predecessors this year when they undertake their first teaching practice in Covid classrooms.

YOUNG at Art is to extend ?its Education and Engagement programme to support more schoolchildren in marginalised communities.

A NURSING leader has warned the closure of schools in Northern Ireland will have a "disastrous" impact on the NHS due to lack of childcare for frontline staff.

A CO Antrim homebuilder has donated £100,000 to support integrated education in Northern Ireland.

A siege at Kabul University is over, with at least 19 dead and 22 wounded, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry has said.

SECONDARY school teachers in the Republic have voted to take industrial action unless the government addresses Covid-19 safety in schools.

SCHOOLS will reopen after the extended Halloween holiday with extra safety measures in place.

SCHOOLS will reopen as planned next week after the extended Halloween holiday ends.

POORER pupils have been dealt a "double blow" to their education after missing the most learning during both lockdown and the autumn term, research has revealed.