Social distancing the main concern as INTO looks for early guidance on schools reopening

File photo of Into general secretary John Boyle.

The Department of Education has been urged to provide “practical” and “early” guidance to primary schools to enable them to plan for reopening safely in September.

Unions and other stakeholders representing 43,000 primary teachers and school management met with officials from the Department of Education today to begin planning how schools may operate under existing Covid-19 restrictions.