Statement by TUV East Londonderry spokesperson Jordan Armstrong:
“The Executive’s decision to bin their plan to drag P1-3 children back out of school is welcome. There never was any logic to the hokey cokey nonsense of pulling primary school pupils from their schools supposedly to facilitate secondary school pupils getting back to different schools.
“TUV has pointed this out since day one. It is welcome that, however belatedly, the Executive has recognised that its position was indefensible.
“All that said, I remain convinced that ALL school children should be back in the classroom today. Pupils of all ages have already missed far too much of their education and with a falling r-number, falling numbers in hospitals and a world leading vaccination programme thanks to our membership of the United Kingdom the fact that any pupils are still off school is indefensible.”