Weir's decision to cut exams comes too late in the day, principals insist

School principals have said they are "tearing their hair out" over Education Minister Peter Weir's confirmation that A-level students in Northern Ireland will take fewer exams next summer.
While insisting that exams will not be cancelled, Mr Weir told the Assembly recently that the number of A-level exam papers a pupil will have to take in each subject will be reduced.
The content of many GCSE courses, as well as the number of GCSE exams, has already been curtailed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But Graham Gault principal of Maghaberry Primary and president of the local branch of the National Association of Head Teachers, said Mr Weir has left his members with more questions than answers.

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