Ulster Unionist Assembly man Basil McCrea said the move had been forced on the schools.
“It is a shame that it has come to this but what else can people do?” he said.
“What parents want to know with some clarity is – what does my child have to do to get them to their school of choice?”
“The clock has been allowed to run down deliberately. It is right that these schools bring out some form of guidance and the Minister of Education should not have let it come to this.”
The DUP’s Mervyn Storey, who is chair of the Education Committee at Stormont, welcomed the publication of the details, but stressed that it was not an ideal solution.
“They have moved to bring about a situation that gives clarity and certainty when the Minster has failed to bring about clarity and certainty,” he said.
“Schools should not be forced to go it alone. They have been pushed into that position by the unbending attitude of the Education Minister.
(Source: Belfast Telegraph website 19.06.08)