Two Tyrone Catholic Grammar schools have said they will have entrance exams despite the Primate of All-Ireland calling for schools to abandon them this year due to the pandemic.
St Patrick’s Academy in Dungannon and St Joseph’s in nearby Donaghmore will use academic selection.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of the Archdiocese of Armagh, the diocese in which the two schools are located, wrote a letter to schools urging them not to go ahead with the tests for the 2021 academic year.
The Tyrone schools are the first in the Catholic sector to reaffirm their commitment to the assessments.