Peter Weir

Some NI students back to school the end of August, with a gradual return for the Rest, the said Education Minister Peter Weir point.

Mr Weir spoke at a meeting of the Stormont Committee on Thursday.

"is Subject to the medical advice and the safety, it would be my goal to see a gradual re-opening of the schools," He Said .

schools, while the coronavirus crisis.

Mr Weir said that it would re-start opening of schools with the "limited system for key cohort years in August, followed by a gradual scheme for all the pupils at the beginning of September".

"the key of the likes of" taken students to prepare for examinations, such as GCSEs and A-Levels, and students clarified the transition from primary to post-primary schools Mr Weir later.

".

"For all pupils to visit a mixture of planned school and learning At Home .

"In the row with the Executive, the strategy is to be pulled, depending on the medically sound advice and the vulnerability of the transmission of The Virus , in order to a return of the younger cohorts.

Speaking on Thursday, the Board of management of the Press Conference , Mr Weir announced, to support a new Education Authority system, laptops for disadvantaged pupils, their remote learning.

The Department of education would buy more laptops if needed, he added.

Mr Weir said that as many as 400 vulnerable children have been to schools that were opened to provide only the Care - a number that Mr Weir described as a "small but growing".

By Robbie Meredith Bbc News NI education correspondent

There is still a lot of questions for parents, students and teachers, with this announcement.

I have a school principal who asked how he scales, classes, and social distancing, particularly with the younger students - and this is just a school.

even Though mid-August is a long way, it is a great task to the students the possibility to come back and learn seems to be the full Time In September, even if you are not in the settings school full time.

What is child Care , in cases in which the students in the schools for part of the week At Home and for the Rest?

The only advantage we have is that our schools will be open for the rest of this educational year, we will be able to see how it is managed in other countries and what problems they have faced and overcome.

will last, But this is only three months Away - it is Every Day of these three months, to iron out some of these questions.

The minister said, some students were more in danger in the residue than others.

Kevin McAreavey, rector of Holy Cross Boys' primary school in Belfast, said schools were entering "Uncharted Waters ".

First steps to a point where the grandparents Care for the children of senior mothers and also those who look after the homework was important, because many of them were"," He Said .

"It will be difficult," Mr McAreavey told The Bbc evening Extra programme. "There is a lot of planning is required) to The Detail . "

Barry Corrigan, principal of Millennium Integrated primary school in Saintfield, said the priority would be to identify the lessons to work with pupils and students about good hygiene and to work with the parents, the symptoms, and limit the possible spread of the coronavirus.

Source of news: bbc.com