NEARLY all schools in the North of Ireland will open fully to pupils on Tuesday for the first time since mid-March.
More than 300,000 children and young people will return to the classroom.
Education Minister Peter Weir has described it as “a good day for education and for all young people”.
“I’m sure everything won’t go perfectly in relation to it, but I think it’s a major step forward and it’s important that we get our young people back into full-time education,” he said.
“Obviously we will be monitoring the situation closely, but I think this is a good day for education and for all young people, that we are able to get a third of a million children back into school.
“There are bound to be some bumps in the road.”
Face coverings are mandatory on public transport for everyone aged 13 and over, and “strongly encouraged” for school buses
“Where those happen, schools will be working closely with the Public Health Agency,” he said.
“It may be their response will be different from case to case depending on the circumstances and, undoubtedly, there’s likely to be some level of interruption in terms of education, but across the board I think we want to ensure that schools remain open.”
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