The children's commissioner has called for "special considerations" so pupils can get to school during an upcoming bus strike.
About 55,000 school pupils use Translink buses and some will be sitting the first summer GCSE, AS and A-level exams held since 2019 during the strike. "The EA is concerned that this industrial action will have further impact on pupils' learning, particularly for those year groups taking key examinations over the coming weeks," the letter to schools said.
"Pupils who connect with a Translink bus service via an Education Authority yellow bus should not commence their journey on the EA bus, even if it is running," the EA letter said. Principals have also been asked if they can arrange "additional support" for pupils who cannot get to school during the strike.Pupils get free bus travel to school if their primary is more than two miles from their home, or they go to a post primary school more than three miles from their home.