Welsh secondaries and colleges to shut on Monday to stem Covid spread
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5BG22)
Learning will move online, in contrast to England's plans for mass testing of students
Secondary schools and colleges in Wales will close to almost all students next week and lessons will move online in an effort to stem the growing spread of coronavirus, the Welsh government has announced.
The Welsh education minister, Kirsty Williams, said the public health situation in Wales was deteriorating and she had been advised by the chief medical officer that learning should be moved online for secondary school pupils as soon as possible.
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