Funding to be doubled for school summer provision programmes
Education Minister wants to offset impact of pandemic school closures in past year on disadvantaged students
Funding for school summer provision programmes will be doubled this year as Education Minister Norma Foley looks to offset the impact of the pandemic on disadvantaged students.
It comes as the minister is preparing to allocate an additional 990 special needs assistants (SNAs) in September.
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