School impact of Unite strike 'concerning', says Northern Ireland Department of Education
- could not offer face-to-face teaching to pupils as almost all of its classroom assistants were on strike.Special schools are particularly affected by the unavailability of Education Authority transport as they rely heavily on the so-called "yellow buses".
"Around 70% of our pupils travel to school by buses, mainly Education Authority buses and if they're not going to be on on the 25th of April that's going to cause significant disruption," said Gary Kelly, principal of St Kevin's College in Lisnaskea. Mr Kelly told the BBCs' Good Morning Ulster programme that although schools could organise remote lessons for pupils who had no means of getting to class,"online learning is not the same as face-to-face learning".
He pointed out that this meant more upheaval for many pupils who have already faced years of disruption to their education because of the pandemic.
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