Extracts from Commons proceedings - Dec 3
Friday, 4 December 2020 08:28
Extract from Commons statement on Exams and Accountability 2021
Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles) (Lab) [V]: The Secretary
of State’s statement sadly does little to address the disadvantage
that pupils, particularly from northern schools, have faced
compared with those in other areas less affected by the virus.
Alarmingly, a survey of National Education Union members found that
nearly 80% felt that they would not be able, in the time available
and with repeated pupil absences, to...Request free trial
Extract from Commons
statement on Exams and Accountability 2021
(Salford and Eccles) (Lab) [V]: The Secretary of
State’s statement sadly does little to address the disadvantage
that pupils, particularly from northern schools, have faced
compared with those in other areas less affected by the virus.
Alarmingly, a survey of National Education Union
members found that nearly 80% felt that they would not be able, in
the time available and with repeated pupil absences, to teach the
whole syllabus. At the very least, will he accept that to give
pupils a real chance, he must release those topics that will be on
exam papers now and not wait until the end of January?
The Secretary of State for Education (): It is very
nice to see the hon. Lady again. The reason for this focus and the
advance notice for schools is so that, where there has been missed
time, they are able to be in a position to focus on the areas that
matter. I appreciate that she would want everything yesterday, as
against in January, but the work will take a little bit of time for
exam boards to pull together. It will be done swiftly—by the end of
January—to give schools as much space as possible to focus their
attention on those areas.
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Extract from Commons
debate on Digital Infrastructure, Connectivity and
Accessibility
(Tatton) (Con):...Education is increasingly
delivered online; just last week, the National Education
Union reported that there were 900,000 children being
educated at home—one in five secondary school pupils, all needing
the internet. However, with an estimated 2% of the 9 million UK
households with children not having internet access, that is
approximately 560,000 children whose ability to get a good
education will have been disrupted during lockdown...
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