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  DIY schooling: Furious parents claim teachers are failing to do their job

  Posted by Unknown Member on 14 January 2021 at 4:22 pm

  Furious parents have hit out at online lessons for children working from home, with some claiming teachers are only doing the register and reading stories over Zoom.

  The outcry comes after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted yesterday children could stay home until after the February half-term.

  Mr Williamson stressed he wants ‘schools to be closed for the shortest period of time available’ but warned classrooms could continue to be shut in ‘areas of particular need’ – even after lockdown starts to be eased.

  His comments drew ire with appalled parents slamming the standard of teaching their children are receiving online.

  Some said they had been forced to teach their children themselves despite also working from home.

  Others revealed how their children’s teachers are appearing over Zoom to take classes while teaching assistants are left to teach the children of key workers still attending school.

  One parent, who has three children including a daughter aged ten and two sons aged five and three, told a daily newspaper: ‘The lessons for my five year old are a joke. The teacher just arranges a 15 minute call in the morning, where they just run through the register and then a 15 minute story in the afternoon.

  ‘My daughter can be more focused due to her age but again the teacher is only directly speaking to them for 15 minutes in the morning then 15 minutes in the afternoon. It feels as though they can just do what they want and do not care how it affects the parents and children.’

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