Sir Kevan Collins, who resigned as the education recovery commissioner after a row over funding
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As PR disasters go, it was a big one. A lot was riding on the Government’s announcement over helping pupils catch up on lost learning following the pandemic.
Education catch-up commissioner quits over inadequate Covid funding for schools
Departure comes after government unveils funding package around one-tenth of recommended amount
Photo: PA
03 Jun 2021
The government’s education recovery commissioner has resigned over the decision to provide just a fraction of the funding he said was required to help children catch up with missed schooling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sir Kevan Collins was named as the Department for Education’s education recovery commissioner in February, with a brief to “work with government to deliver measures that will support children who have missed out on face-to-face education due to extended school closures”.