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Nicola Sturgeon 'very keen' for schools to start opening next week
First Minister said covid data is “encouraging” and signalled she would also consider whether it is possible to lay out a timetable for other pupils coming back to the classroom.Schools were closed last year for the majority of pupils as a way of containing the spread of a new covid variant.The Scottish Government recently backed a phased return on February 22, including pupils in P1-3 and older children facing assessments.However, national clinical director Jason Leitch sounded cautious last week after saying progress on reducing the spread of the virus had stalled.A final decision will be made on Tuesday morning, with the outcome announced later at Holyrood.At her media briefing, Sturgeon said of the February 22 plan: "I am very, very,