‘Army of tutors needed’ to ease damage of lost school learning £350m for the NTP is not enough - you could multiply that by 10 says the University of Bristol’s Simon Burgess
9 January 2021 • 8:00pm
Britain needs to massively expand its army of tutors to stave off the long-term economic damage of Covid-19 from lost learning, education experts have warned.
The £350m National Tutoring programme (NTP), targeted to reach up to 250,000 children hit by school closures, was unveiled last summer and then extended into the 2021-22 academic year last month without any additional funding.
Under the programme schools can apply for taxpayer-subsidised tuition, but the University of Bristol’s Simon Burgess, a leading education economist said: “£350m for the NTP is not enough - you could multiply that by 10.”