‘Army of tutors needed’ to ease damage of lost school learning
The TelegraphA Royal Society report last year put the economic cost of lost learning at “billions not millions” as future earnings are scarred by the lost learning. So I don’t think it’s inconceivable that they should do the same with education and really put a lot of money into getting kids up to a standard where you’re going to be able to continue studies at a decent level.” MP Robert Halfon, chair of the Education Select Committee, said he would “triple it or quadruple it”, adding: “It absolutely needs to be rocket boosted and relentlessly focused on disadvantaged areas.” So far almost 70,000 pupils have enrolled in the scheme - around 5pc of the estimated 1.4m pupils entitled to free school meals. A spokesperson said: “The National Tutoring Programme continues to offer high-quality tuition to the students that need it most throughout this academic year and the next. “The majority of organisations that are providing tutoring on behalf of the programme are already offering online lessons so catch up can continue while students are at home.” The Treasury declined to comment.
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Gov't boosts education spending by €216 million; Won’t solve everything, educators say
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Teachers to be offered overtime for one-to-one tuition in latest catch-up proposals
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€8.5bn extra for schools to help pupils make up for lost lessons
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€8.5bn extra for schools to help pupils make up for lost lessons
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Parents are paying up to $100 an hour for tutors, driving up demand and worsening inequities
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