Covid-19 Education Recovery Access to Tablets and Laptops
2021-12-06
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The Department is addressing the provision of tablets and laptops to support students during the COVID-19 recovery period.
What steps are being taken to provide students with access to tablets and laptops to support covid-19 education recovery?
We will provide an additional 500,000 devices for disadvantaged children and young people this year, on top of the 1.35 million delivered already. This brings our total investment to support remote education and online social care to more than £520 million.
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Parents are concerned about children being sent home for remote learning even now, despite the preference for face-to-face learning.
What can be said to parents who are exasperated by their children being sent home to begin remote learning?
Our priority is for schools to deliver face-to-face education to all pupils. Schools must provide immediate access to remote education where a pupil cannot attend school because they are following public health advice, and 99% of schools were open to provide face-to-face education as of 25 November.
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A survey found that 90% of providers said the Government's contractor for the national tutoring programme was not prepared for its launch, with children in their third year of disruption.
With children into their third year of disruption, what action will be taken to ensure additional tutoring support reaches every child who needs it?
The national tutoring programme is on track overall, with strong take-up of the school-based element and increasing take-up of the academic mentor element. We are working closely with Randstad to ensure it steps up and increases as we hit a higher trajectory later in the year.
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The questioner asked for specific actions to address low preparedness and ensure tutoring reaches every child who needs it, but the answer provided general statements without concrete commitments or timelines.
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