One in five students did not reach governmentMinimum guidelines for distance learning time Coronavirus disease A report showed that schools closed earlier this year.
School Students may face challenges when they return to school this month, because a quarter of parents believe that it will take their children at least a year to catch up with the lost studies. Institute of Finance (IFS) report said.
Researchers say the catch-up policy needs to target poor students to eliminate the “education inequality that has expanded to such a large extent” during the coronavirus pandemic.
They added that in the fall semester of 2020, limited support and unequal provision of self-isolated students—schools were open but interrupted at the time—have also hindered efforts to address learning losses.
According to an IFS report funded by the Nuffield Foundation, overall, inequality in the learning experience of families in England has improved during the pandemic.
