Concern as lockdown sees rise in school drop-outs
Following the closure of schools across the county, students are facing into weeks and potentially months of remote learning, of severe inconvenience as they prepare for exams and end of year assessments. For some this will simply mean retiring to their bedrooms, logging on to their school's system via a laptop or tablet, and using high-speed broadband to keep up with the latest communications from teachers and classmates. Yet for others this closure, this lockdown, threatens their very future in second-level education and may even see them abandon their studies altogether. Marie Louise Byrne...
Source: independent.ie