Further education and higher education and night classes will be able to return to full in-person learning." released prior to Thursday's announcement, Queen's said it was committed to being on campus in September 2021 and "planning for near normal", with a return to pre-pandemic teaching capacity.
Graham Gault of the National Head Teachers Association told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme bubbles had presented "a huge logistical challenge" for many principals, but believes there had been "mixed reactions" to their removal. "The sooner we can move beyond them the better, but there is a degree of anxiety about how we then identify children who are close-contacts when a positive case is identified," Mr Gault said."We're look forward to seeing the guidance that the Department of Education will produce later today or later this week which will hopefully give more procedural detail on how principals can identify and manage children who have been identified as close contacts of a positive case.