A LOCKDOWN hero’ who has autism has received recognition from the Mayor of Bolton - for helping others stay positive during the pandemic. Dylan Cookson, 21, who lives in Great Lever, has been praised for being a ‘lockdown hero’, leaving inspiring messages online for all to see. He plays for AFC Masters, a Horwich-based football club for children and adults with disabilities. Although Dylan has struggled during lockdown with the lack of routine and social interaction with his closest friends, he has spent a great deal of time spreading positive messages on local Facebook groups like ‘I belong to Bolton.’ Dylan, who attends Woodbridge College in Kearsley, even received a hamper from Morrison’s supermarket in Breightmet in December for keeping people’s spirits up during lockdown.
The most expensive schools in South Africa in 2021
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Despite calls from education experts for private school fees to remain the same or have ‘controlled increases’ in 2021, the cost of private education in South Africa continues to climb.
In October 2020, South African governing body associations advised the country’s 3,000 fee-paying schools against price hikes in 2021, saying that the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown had placed all South Africans, even the wealthy, under strain.
Paul Colditz, chief executive of the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools said the financial hardships caused by the Covid-19 pandemic had hit private schools harder than public schools. “I think you will see a decrease in enrolment in private schools,” he said.