August 4, 2021, 7:45 am A new report has suggested the Government’s ‘refusal’ to make contingency plans for schools and exams in summer 2020 is the ‘most unforgivable aspect’ of its handling of education amid the coronavirus pandemic (Peter Byrne/PA) The Government’s “refusal” to make contingency plans for schools and exams in summer 2020 is the “most unforgivable aspect” of its handling of education amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has suggested. Lessons regarding school closures and examinations from the first lockdown were “not learnt”, leading to a case of “pause, rewind, repeat”, a paper by the Institute for Government (IfG) found.