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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Northern Ireland schools must give girls option to wear trousers from next year

Cropped view of uniformed secondary school students' legs carrying bags outdoors
A law passed last year aimed at reducing the cost of uniforms gave girls the legal right to challenge schools that banned them from wearing trousers, but campaigners said it did not got far enough. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Alamy

Schools in Northern Ireland must give girls the choice to wear trousers as part of their uniforms as well as for PE and games, according to revised guidelines.

From next year schools would no longer be able to prohibit female pupils from wearing trousers, Paul Givan, the country’s education minister, said on Friday. “Today, I am taking that decision, that will be formally communicated, schools will be hearing from me,” he told the BBC.

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