Ministers were warned 'more children would die from suicide than Covid if they shut schools'
1 year, 8 months ago

Ministers were warned 'more children would die from suicide than Covid if they shut schools'

Daily Mail  

Ministers were given a stark warning that more children would die from suicide than from contracting Covid-19 if they shut schools, a damning new report from parent campaigners has revealed. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on March 18, 2020, that England's schools were to close until further notice - and they would remain shut for longer than any other country in Europe. Ministers were given a stark warning that more children would die from suicide than from contracting Covid-19 if they shut schools. The suicide warning is one of nine opportunities the Government ignored to avert damage caused by closing schools during the pandemic, according to parents campaign group UsForThem.

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Ministers were warned that suicide would kill more children than Covid
1 year, 8 months ago

Ministers were warned that suicide would kill more children than Covid

The Telegraph  

The Government was warned that more children would die from suicide than from Covid-19 before they ordered damaging school closures, a report by parent campaigners has found. A joint briefing paper by the Department for Education and the Independent Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours warned in November 2020 that “many more children will die from suicide than Covid-19 this …

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director
3 years, 2 months ago

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director

The Hindu  

There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Talking about the impact of school closures due to the pandemic in India, Mr. Saavedra said the "impact is more severe than …

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’
3 years, 3 months ago

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said that …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 6 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Hazards of not reopening schools too serious to be ignored, says parliamentary panel
3 years, 7 months ago

Hazards of not reopening schools too serious to be ignored, says parliamentary panel

India TV News  

The hazards of not reopening schools after prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic are "too serious to be ignored", according to a parliamentary panel. This week the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports tabled in Parliament its report "Plans to bridge the learning gap caused due to school lockdown as well as review of online …

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 8 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

The debate is contentious. Children, the data reveal, represented 14.2 per cent of all Covid cases and accounted for 1.3-3.6 per cent of total reported hospitalizations in the United States. In the pre-Covid year of 2019, 47 per cent children lacked access to education and/or health, which shot up to 56 per cent during the pandemic, according to UNICEF data. …

Ministers want education fully open after May holiday period
3 years, 11 months ago

Ministers want education fully open after May holiday period

NL Times  

Secondary schools and secondary vocational education must be fully reopened after the May holidays, Ministers Wouter Koolmees from Social Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra from Finance and Bas van 't Wout from the Economic Affairs concluded, ANP reported based on the documents that were released after the Catshuis meeting on Sunday. High school students are now able to physically attend lessons at …

Childhood development threatened by the pandemic
4 years ago

Childhood development threatened by the pandemic

Live Mint  

Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression—after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF has warned. "The number of children who are hungry, isolated, abused, anxious, living in poverty and forced into marriage has increased," Henrietta Fore, executive director of the …

Covid: Urgent national action needed to prevent ‘catastrophe’ in January, warns government adviser
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid: Urgent national action needed to prevent ‘catastrophe’ in January, warns government adviser

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy National coronavirus restrictions are now needed to prevent a “catastrophe” in …

24 million may drop out of school due to COVID-19 impact: U.N.
4 years, 7 months ago

24 million may drop out of school due to COVID-19 impact: U.N.

The Hindu  

Almost 24 million children are at risk of not returning to school next year due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, according to the United Nation’s policy brief on the pandemic’s impact on education, released on Tuesday. “UNESCO estimates that 23.8 million additional children and youth may drop out or not have access to school next year due to the …

Coronavirus: Government risks ‘failing a generation’ if schools not reopened soon, doctors warn
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Government risks ‘failing a generation’ if schools not reopened soon, doctors warn

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The prime minister has been urged to publish a plan outlining …

How Covid-19 is changing the world’s children
4 years, 9 months ago

How Covid-19 is changing the world’s children

BBC  

How Covid-19 is changing the world’s children Reuters From their academic success to their social skills and mental health, the pandemic is a crisis for today’s children – and the fallout may follow them for the rest of their lives. “It’s disadvantaged children who pay the greatest price here, as they will fall the furthest behind, and have the fewest …

Why shutting down schools to prevent coronavirus spread could actually make it worse
5 years ago

Why shutting down schools to prevent coronavirus spread could actually make it worse

LA Times  

The University of Washington announced Friday it was moving all instruction online for the next two weeks, keeping more than 50,000 students out of classrooms as the death toll from COVID-19 continued to rise. The university’s president, Ana Mari Cauce, said in an email to faculty and staff that finishing the winter term online is a health precaution that also …

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