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news The huge challenges of home-schooling A mother wakes at dawn to copy out worksheets for her children on to pieces of paper. Secondary school pupils attempt to write essays on their mobile phones, while younger children queue to wait their turn on the one computer in the house. That, according to the Child Poverty Action Group, was the reality of remote learning in some homes in the first UK lockdown in March 2020. "We spoke to thousands of parents, carers and children and the thing we heard was that up to 40% of them did not only not have access to a laptop or the internet, but also to o...

With a lack of devices, broadband and time, online school is proving stressful for many.

BBC begins educational programmes to help with lockdown learning Susannah Alexander © BBC BBC begins its educational programme schedule, including Celebrity Supply Teacher, to help with lockdown learning for primary and secondary school pupils. The BBC has kicked off its new Lockdown Learning programme designed to help children keep up with their education during the latest lockdown, with several celebrities getting involved to help teach children. With a large majority of both primary and secondary schools closed to most pupils during the current lockdown, children will be...