The country’s largest teachers union says it would be “unacceptable” if any solution to reopen schools deviated from public health advice.
A new report shows the current two-metre rule means primary school students only attending class one day a week, and secondary students twice a week.
Yesterday the Education Minister said that would be a ‘non-runner’ – the Department’s now planning for a return without the practice.
ASTI President, Deirdre McDonald, says the announcement came as a surprise:
Meanwhile – there were 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country yesterday, with 1 case being de-notified, bringing the country’s total to 25,250.
There were no new cases confirmed here in Clare, leaving the total at 369.