Parents consider holding their kids back in school after difficult academic year, experts weigh in
Some parents are choosing to have their children repeat a year, such as Kindergarten after the pandemic posed too many issues for children to learn in person. Author: Anne Sparaco (13News Now) Published: 12:50 PM EDT May 10, 2021 Updated: 11:29 PM EDT May 10, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. The past 15 months posed some of the greatest challenges for schools and families when it comes to children’s education.
After months of students going back and forth between learning virtually and in the classroom, some parents are choosing to hold their children back one extra year to make up for lost time.
He expected the 100 spaces to be taken this month, with applications first accepted on October 18, 2020. Mid South Canterbury Master Painters Association president Grant Jenkins said he had taken on four apprentices as a result of the initiative. With the minimum wage being increased, it had been harder to train people, but the apprenticeship incentive helped, he said. “Having a fund from the Government can subsidise wages, and we can train them.”
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Dabbing on the paint on Monday is painting apprentice Josh Boulton. Shane Bray, of Henderson Building in Timaru, said the scheme was not “make or break” for them since they had taken on 20 apprentices in the past 15 years, but they had taken one on under this scheme.