Stormont ministers have agreed a timetable for all schoolchildren to return to classes in Northern Ireland.
Primary pupils in years P1 to P3 are already back in classes and secondary school children in year groups 12 to 14 are due back on Monday March 22.
The PA news agency understands that ministers have now agreed that remaining primary pupils in P4 to P7 will also return on March 22.
The final cohort, secondary pupils in years 8 to 11, will go back to classes on April 12 after the Easter holidays.
Locked gates at St Brigid’s Gaelic Athletic Club grounds in Musgrave Park, Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
Northern Ireland has been living under restrictive lockdown measures since a spike of coronavirus cases in December.
The Executive published its Pathway Out Of Restrictions blueprint earlier this month.
It includes five steps along nine pathways covering home and community, education, work, retail, hospitality, sport, worship and ceremonies, travel and tourism, culture, heritage and entertainment.
The plan does not include any dates.
The first children – P1 to P3 pupils, along with nursery and pre-school children – returned to classrooms last Monday.
Year groups 12 to 14 are due to return on Monday March 22.
A plan for the youngest to return to remote learning on that date was ditched last week.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed several relaxations to coronavirus regulations, as the First Minister Arlene Foster told Stormont the decisions were “cautious but optimistic”.