Blog entry by Renate Amaral
JERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who has been trying to mediate an end to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, said on Monday that despite some progress big gaps remained between the sides.
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Schools are to be handed hundreds of millions in funding to provide 'catch-up' classes throughout the summer in an effort to stop children falling through the gaps following almost a year of missed education.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: 'We know schools, parents and pupils need clarity on plans as soon as possible, which is why we have committed to providing two weeks' notice for them to prepare.
The plan for summer school, which was drawn up by the newly appointed education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins, will see pupils enjoy sports and physical education in the morning before sitting down at the desk - due to fears that a lack of activity could affect students' mental health and academic success, the publication reports.
If the Government is really focused on educational catch-up, it wouldn't even countenance pushing 800,000 children into the type of devastating poverty which can have a much bigger impact on their life chances than the school they go to or the catch-up tuition they get.
He is also expected to confirm
that teachers will be given the final decision over what grades
to award pupils for cancelled GCSEs and A-level exams in 2021 -
instead of the troublesome Centre Assessment Grades algorithm
which saw average grades drag some candidates down last year.
Ms Longfield said: 'Two weeks ago the Prime Minister said educational catch-up was the key focus of the entire Government - yet we still don't know if next month he is planning to take the Universal Credit uplift away from millions of families.
The children's commissioner Anne Longfield, who gave her last speech yesterday before stepping down from the role, said it was 'impossible to overstate how damaging the last year has been for many children'.