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A REGION which is home to some of Scotland s top performing state schools has had a shake-up after parents lodged complaints about a postcode lottery of live online teaching. Investigations were launched last week after the online remote teaching time that existed within the East Dunbartonshire Council area varied between over 50 minutes and a structured four-and-a-half hours a day. Now moves have been made to ensure there is consistency at some of the major schools in East Dunbartonshire which are being introduced with one school now falling in line with others. Guidance on remote learning by Education Scotland, the Scottish Government schooling improvement agency, states that children and young people are entitled to a balance of live learning and independent activity .
Scotland s remote learning postcode lottery: Just one in three councils say all their schools have daily live teaching
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Scotland s remote learning postcode lottery: Just one in three council areas say they host daily live teaching A postcode lottery of live online teaching of Scotland s children has been revealed as calls are made for set standards over remote learning during the coronavirus lockdown. Research by the Herald on Sunday shows that only one in three local authorities indicated that online lessons are being provided at all their schools on a daily basis. And in East Dunbartonshire alone, which is home to some of the top performing state schools in Scotland, investigations were launched after angry parents lodged complaints that the online teaching time that does exist varies between over 50 minutes and a structured four-and-a-half hours a day.
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Scottish Tory candidate at next year s Holyrood elections suggested his experience with Covid meant he would likely not need to take a vaccine A SCOTTISH Tory candidate in next year’s Holyrood elections has backtracked after being confronted about claims he thought he “had Covid in February after a visit to China”. Andrew Polson, who is also the Conservative co-leader of East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC), suggested that his experience with Covid meant that he likely wouldn’t need to take a vaccine when it became available. The Tory candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden made the comments on Facebook in a discussion about coronavirus vaccines and Christmas restrictions.
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Some councils have said they will take a more relaxed approach to pupil attendance ahead of Christmas bubbles PARENTS who take their children out of school ahead of the end of term to try to avoid having to self-isolate over the Christmas holidays have been warned that normal absence procedures will apply. Most schools in England will break up on Thursday, December 17 after the UK government agreed to extend the festive break to help ensure teachers do not have to “engage with track and trace issues” throughout the holiday. Talks had been held about potentially shutting all Scottish schools on December 18 and reopening them again on 11 January. However Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, confirmed last week that there would be change north of the border amid concern a longer Christmas break could increase transmission out of school.