LONDON (UK) – Schools in the UK will receive extra funding to help them tackle the impact of lost academic hours during the lockdown, the government said on Friday.
The government in a statement said the package will be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.24 billion) over the 2020-2021 academic year.
Of that, 650 million pounds will be allotted to primary and secondary schools to help them introduce small group tuition and other measures to assist students.
As much as 350 million pounds will go to a national tutoring programme aimed at enhancing access to high-quality tuition for disadvantaged young people.
Schools were shut in March to most children, as part of a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Though some year groups started returning to classrooms this month, the government drew flak for dropping plans to get all primary pupils back into school before the end of the academic year.
“I am determined to do everything I can to get all children back in school from September, and we will bring forward plans on how this will happen as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.
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