The government's efforts to help school pupils catch up from lost learning during the COVID19 pandemic are 'feeble' when compared to other countries, a former adviser has said
Sir Kevan revealed he and the Department for Education had estimated the hit to the economy of children's lost learning as £100bn.
"We have no legislation about the length of the school day in England - schools are able to determine that locally," he said. He said it was"reassuring" to have heard senior ministers talk about more money being provided to schools in the coming months."I'm a total optimist in this, we have to because the arguments both economically and educationally are overwhelming.Sir Kevan suggested the government's wish for education funding to fit in with its spending review cycle was to blame for a failure to stump up more cash immediately.
"What's critical about the spending review is the money must get into the schools as soon as possible," he said.Asked about Sir Kevan's description of the £1.4bn education recovery fund being"a bit feeble", the prime minister's official spokesman said:"I think the public would accept that £1.4bn is a significant sum of money and comes on top of an additional £1.7bn.
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