Pandemic Exposes Deterimental Impact Of Austerity On Education The detrimental impact of a decade of austerity on education budgets and the socioeconomic polarisation of Northern Ireland s community has been exposed by Covid-19, a report has found.
The findings were published in a report examining the links between persistent educational underachievement and socioeconomic background.
Based on statistics from schools and further and higher education, it found that boys, especially those entitled to free school meals from both sides of the community divide, are underachieving.
The report proposed interventions to help support boys in learning.
Noel Purdy, chairman of the expert panel on educational underachievement, said the interventions would help boys maximise their potential.