{"id":50181,"date":"2021-02-23T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=748625"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:11:47","slug":"arlene-foster-making-up-school-reopening-policy-on-the-hoof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/23\/arlene-foster-making-up-school-reopening-policy-on-the-hoof\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlene Foster making up school reopening policy \u2018on the hoof\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sinn F\u00e9in has accused Arlene Foster of making up policy on the hoof after the first minister suggested revisiting Stormont\u2019s decision on schools reopening.<\/p>\n
On Monday night, Mrs Foster indicated the DUP\u2019s desire for a more rapid return to classrooms than the phased approach agreed by her party only four days earlier.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, the Stormont executive announced that some primary school pupils would return to class on March 8, with some older post-primary school children returning on March 22.<\/p>\n
Ministers did not commit to a date for the full return of the wider school population.<\/p>\n
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