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Children at schools across NI are committing themselves to walking or running a mile every day, taking part in The Daily Mile scheme.

New part-time speed limits of 20mph are to be introduced outside several rural schools from Tuesday 18 September.

More GCSE students in Northern Ireland achieved grades A*-C this year, but the performance gap between boys and girls continues to widen.

Experts and charities are warning that some children with a learning disability in Northern Ireland are at risk of being left behind.

NI students have continued to perform well in exams however the gender gap is widening with girls outperforming boys across the grades.

Around 30,000 students will get their A Level and AS Level exam results on Thursday morning.

Tributes have been paid to the chancellor of Queen's University Belfast Dr Tom Moran, who has died in New York.

More than a third of parents in Northern Ireland have got into debt due to back-to-school costs, a survey showed.

A huge leap in university offers with no strings has led to suggestion students will not try as hard in exams.

A Co Down primary school is doing all it can to keep pupils fit and healthy, amid fresh warnings of a rise in childhood obesity.