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Girls given legal right to wear trousers in schools in Northern Ireland
Year 13 pupil Connie Rogers, who is the President of the Secondary Students' Union of Northern Ireland, welcomes the change
Students and politicians have been welcoming a change in legislation that will mean girls in Northern Ireland are to be given the legal right to wear trousers in school.
Revising guidelines, Education Minister Paul Givan said that, from the start of the 2027/2028 academic year, schools will be banned from prohibiting girls wearing trousers.
Year 13 pupil Connie Rogers has welcomed the change saying "girls should be able to wear trousers" if they want to.
"They can be a lot warmer and more comfortable," the 16-year-old said.
Connie, who has been wearing trousers to school for a number of years now, is also the president of the Secondary Students' Union of Northern Ireland.
"I really enjoyed wearing them," she said, adding: "especially in the winter months".
"I'm so happy that there's now legislation that all girls will be able to."
There are already laws on school uniform in Northern Ireland, and Givan had previously said they give girls the legal authority to challenge their schools. Education committee members, however, had called on the minister to go further.
Some assembly members have now accused the minister of making a "U-turn", with "substantial sums of public money" spent on drafting legislation "to fix his error of judgement".