Greater Manchester demands more powers for schools to enforce masks and testing
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids Greater Manchester is asking the government to give schools more powers on masks and Covid testing.
With infection rates rising and concerns growing over the spread of the Indian variant, mayor Andy Burnham says the Department for Education needs to let schools use their own discretion to suit local circumstances.
Last week the government lifted the rule on mask wearing in class, listing a fall in infection rates nationally and the pace of the vaccine rollout among the reasons for this.
Their guidance also says that no pupil or student should be denied education on the grounds that they are not wearing a face
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