Extract from Commons debate on Remote Education and Free School Meals - Jan 18
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 08:20
David Johnston (Wantage) (Con) [V]:...We saw a huge gulf in the
remote learning that pupils received last year. There were many
reasons for that, but one reason that the Labour party does not
like to mention is that when we went into the first lockdown, the
largest education union, the National Education Union put out a
statement saying that teachers should not be teaching a full
timetable or routinely marking work. It said that we cannot educate
children and young people remotely. Whereas...Request free trial
(Wantage) (Con) [V]:...We saw a huge gulf in the
remote learning that pupils received last year. There were many
reasons for that, but one reason that the Labour party does not
like to mention is that when we went into the first lockdown, the
largest education union, the National Education Union put out a
statement saying that teachers should not be teaching a full
timetable or routinely marking work. It said that we cannot educate
children and young people remotely. Whereas the Labour party would
suggest that the only barrier to remote education is whether the
Government have provided laptops fast enough, I would say that the
leadership of that union took a clear stance—personally, I do not
think that it reflected the views of teachers—that inhibited the
remote learning that pupils received last year...
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