Scottish education secretary John Swinney said he “cannot predict” when schools will reopen as he issued new guidelines for home-teaching.
Children across the country have already experienced weeks without normal classes because of the coronavirus shut-down. The new Scottish Government guidance, aimed at teachers, outlines more long-term planning including help for pupils at risk of being left behind.
Laptops and tablets could be provided more widely using a fund to help close the gap with disadvantaged children.Some councils are already buying and sending out books and other material.Primary and secondary schools are also looking at how to help older children move up at the summer holidays.Swinney said: “Given the unprecedented
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