AQW 9615/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 03/11/2020
Answered On Date: 06/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what resources he has allocated to the promotion of the use of the StopCOVID app among post-primary school children.

Answer:

The launch on 1 October of the new version of the ‘StopCOVID NI’ app, inclusive of under 18s, has been welcomed by the Department.

A letter has been sent to school leaders to encourage and support the use of the app whilst acknowledging that successful uptake may require changes to schools’ existing mobile device policies.

The cooperation of school leaders will be required to allow use of the app, the policy remains that mobile devices should not be used for other purposes in schools other than use of the ‘StopCOVID NI’ app.”

Promotion of the use of the ‘StopCOVID NI’ app for post primary school children did not require any financial commitment from the Department.