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Parents have said the government must stick by their plan to reopen schools to avoid chaos .
Schools in England will reopen on 8 March as part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson s plan to lift lockdown.
Mother-of-five Nura Aabe, from Bristol, said if the plan changed her children s mental wellbeing would be affected.
She said: My son has autism, and anxiety is at a completely different level when things are uncertain.
Meanwhile, head teachers have said they need to get on with their job and schools need to reopen without any gimmicks .
They are set to reopen to all pupils on the same day but the government plans to build in a few days flexibility to allow measures like testing to be put in place.
Covid-19: Parents struggle to meet home schooling demands
By Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley
image captionEdwina Ogu said home schooling four children with no computer in the first lockdown had been a nightmare
Parents say they feel deserted having to home school during lockdown with a lack of access to computers.
Bristol mother Edwina Ogu said home schooling four children with no computer during the first lockdown had been a nightmare .
The Department for Education (Dfe) has pledged to provide one million devices for schools and colleges.
Secondary schools have been advised to close except for vulnerable and key workers children and in local authorities with high levels of coronavirus, primary schools are also closed to most pupils.