There have been so many cuts to NI education services over the past few months it's hard to keep track, but what will it all mean for schools?
BBC News NI education correspondentGo into the vast majority of schools and you will enter a warm and welcoming place.
But what makes 2023 different is that the Department of Education and the Education Authority are now having to make radical and swingeing savings.The 2023-24 budget for education, which at about £2.5bn is Stormont's biggest behind health, was reduced by about £70m or 2.5% - but the real-terms reduction is much larger.
Then primary school counselling funding went, and money for the Engage programme which enabled many schools to employ extra staff to help pupils struggling after the pandemic.
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