The council said the action had been taken to safeguard the health and wellbeing of pupils and staff following a structural report at the school.

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The participants of the workshop were oriented with global best practices, structural and non-structural measures including appropriate preparedness measures at school level in the context of school safety.

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The 900-pupil school was shut late on Friday after a structural report identified the material.

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