I don't know why I'm shocked by this, but this latest story, about how the Scottish Government have failed our children, is terrible...
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(source: bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…)
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(source: bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…)
Scottish schoolchildren 'fell off radar' without electronic help
Many Scottish children struggling in education before Covid "fell off the radar" in the first few months of the pandemic, a children rights charity has told politicians.
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Many Scottish children struggling in education before Covid "fell off the radar" in the first few months of the pandemic, a children rights charity has told politicians.
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Dr Colin Morrison, a co-director at Children's parliament, says there could be a "legacy of disengagement" for some pupils who lacked electronic devices to access online learning materials - the consequences of which might be "difficult to address".
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Speaking to MSPs at the Education, Children and Young People Committee at Holyrood, Dr Morrison says many children the charity works with "were just gone to the education system" in the three or four months from March last year.
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He adds: "What I also know is many head teachers we knew who love and care for their children were literally scrambling about and delivering devices every day, knocking on doors and making sure people had food, never mind digital devices."
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