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The Government decision on pupils who lack the resources to study at home is emblematic of their whole pandemic response.
First they promised to provide resources.
Then they broke that promise.
Now they have simply given up and told those pupils to return to our 'closed' schools
First they promised to provide resources.
Then they broke that promise.
Now they have simply given up and told those pupils to return to our 'closed' schools
First, this fails to address the fact that these children still can't study at home to complement their classes, or if they have to self-isolate (as up to 40% of children in deprived areas have had to do). It is a policy of INEQUALITY MAINTENANCE.
Second, this puts underprivileged children at greater risk of catching and transmitting the virus, when those from deprived backgrounds are already much more likely to be infected and to suffer from COVID.
Third, this undermines the whole response to the COVID emergency we now face. By making schools more crowded and so diluting the effectiveness of the closure, it will only drag things out for longer and increase the suffering.
And all this for want of effort to ensure that all pupils have computers and wifi and to establish community hubs if they lack space to study. @IndependentSage called for this months back.
It should have been done by now.
It could still be done if our Government had the will.
It should have been done by now.
It could still be done if our Government had the will.
