Up to half the nation’s school students are at risk of damage to their education and emotional wellbeing from the prolonged curbs on ordinary classes | CroweDM
"The absence from regular class and support suggests that the level of risk and the number of co-morbidities is likely to be exacerbated. Hence the recovery will be much more difficult," it said.
"If online delivery were to last for two terms, low socio-economic status and Indigenous students could lose more than six weeks of learning in numeracy and in excess of four weeks of learning in reading," said a study by the Centre for International Research on Education Systems and the Mitchell Institute.
"For year nine students, the estimated loss of weeks of learning could amount to 9.2 weeks in reading and as much as 13.3 weeks in numeracy." A literature review by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education suggested 20 per cent of the country's 3.9 million school students were financial disadvantaged.
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