Schools fail to reach 5,200 pupils, school head poll shows
4 years, 9 months ago

Schools fail to reach 5,200 pupils, school head poll shows

Dutch News  

One in five Dutch school heads say they have not been able to get in touch with all of their pupils since schools were closed because of coronavirus. In total, teachers have failed to reach some 5,200 pupils, the school heads’ association AVS after polling just under 1,000 schools. ‘Schools have been phoning, emailing, sending social media messages, making home visits and writing letters in different languages,’ AVS chairwoman Petra van Haren said. The AVS is also working together with child abuse charity Beweging tegen Kindermishandeling on a special app which teachers and school heads can use to report suspected cases during the lockdown. ‘Children are no longer going to school or sports clubs and their parents are more at home as well because of coronavirus.’ And at the end of last month, a survey of 1,028 school heads showed that 75% of primary school chiefs are worried about the impact of the closures on vulnerable children without motivated parents to help them.

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Dutch News  

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