AQW 9614/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education what consideration is being given to a distinct code to mark absence of pupils self-isolating, to ensure that data around numbers doing so can be maintained accurately and published efficiently.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 3 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 3 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 18 November 2020
- Answered
- 5 November 20202 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
To meet immediate needs DE officials decided in consultation with EA to re-purpose existing attendance codes to help identify COVID-19 related absences. Work is currently underway to establish if new attendance codes can be implemented to facilitate more detailed reporting on pupil self-isolation and COVID-19 related illness.