Coronavirus: ‘The incompetence is insulting’ – Govt attacked over last-minute COVID-19 rules for schools

assafir 29 أغسطس 2020

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– ASSAFIR 24 – FADWA RAFIA

Teachers’ unions have reacted with dismay after the government published new COVID-19 guidelines for secondary schools last night – just days before millions of pupils in England are due to return to the classroom next week

One leader said there was a sense of “weary inevitability” about the plan, while Labour said the “incompetence is insulting”

If there is a local lockdown in an area with significant numbers of infections, schools could have to bring in a rota system for students who would spend two weeks in the classroom and then a fortnight studying online at home

The staggered approach would be aimed at reducing a person’s contacts, helping to limit the spread of the CORONAVIRUS and giving enough time at home for symptoms to show up

The Department for Education guidance does not apply to primary school children, as scientific evidence indicates they “play a limited role in transmission”