UK Unveils £1 Billion Schools ‘Catch-Up’ Plan After Lockdown
In this file photo taken on March 25, 2020 A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic, in side 10 Downing Street in central London on March 25, 2020. 10 Downing Street / AFPBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said English schools would receive £1 billion in funding to help pupils catch up after missing months of classes due to the coronavirus.
The new money includes £650 million for state-run primary and secondary schools to “lift educational outcomes”, and £350 million for a tutoring scheme specifically for the most disadvantaged youngsters. British schools have been closed to most pupils since late March, when the country headed into lockdown as the virus spread out of control.
In Northern Ireland, most pupils are set for a return in the autumn after the devolved government agreed Thursday to cut the social distancing measure to one metre for pupils in school.
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