Northern Ireland’s Education Minister, Peter Weir, says schools should be encouraged to be flexible on relaxing rules on school uniforms as more pupils return to class.
He said this when asked by Ulster Unionist MLA Robbie Butler about the issue.
All primary school pupils will return on Monday.
Butler said that children might need to wear warmer clothes due to the need to keep classroom windows open.
In a statement British media, he said ill-fitting uniforms would not be easy to replace so late in the school term while many parents are on tight budgets.
Post-primary students in years 12 to 14 will also return on Monday, while those in years 8 to 11 will go back on 12 April, after the Easter break.
The education minister said changing uniform requirements was a matter for schools’ boards of governors to decide directly, adding that there was a wider discussion about the direct requirements of school uniforms and their cost, which needed addressed in the long-term.
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