“Even before the COVID pandemic, we were already faced with a very serious challenge in education, which is a global learning crisis.
School closures present a logical solution to enforcing social distancing within communities, but prolonged closures tend to have a disproportionately negative impact on the most vulnerable students.
Students are at risk of learning loss as 25 per cent of what they learn is usually lost in the summer, and in the context of COVID-19, the school break may be longer.
Speaking in Parliament recently, Opposition Spokesperson on Education Peter Bunting warned that a failure by the Government to bail out cash-strapped preparatory and private high schools could result in their closure.
Bunting explained that it could create chaos in September when schools reopen, with thousands of students needing to be absorbed in public institutions.
