Stormont ministers expected to approve school closure extension

Education Minister Peter Weir talking with pupils at St Joseph’s Primary School Carryduff, as primary seven year pupils are allowed to return to school in Northern Ireland. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

A proposal to extend the substantive closure of schools in Northern Ireland is expected to be signed off by the Stormont executive later.

NI Education Minister Peter Weir has tabled a paper for executive colleagues recommending that the current arrangements, which only allow vulnerable children and those of key workers to attend class, are extended to Friday March 5.