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In March 2020, nurseries, schools, and colleges in the United Kingdom were shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By 20 March, all schools in the UK had closed for all in-person teaching, except for children of key workers and children considered vulnerable. With children at home, teaching took place online. [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic affected educational systems across the world. [1] The number of cases of COVID-19 started to rise in March 2020 and many educational institutions and universities underwent closure. Most countries decided to temporarily close the educational institutions in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The National Tutoring Programme is a UK Government scheme announced in June 2020 [1] and launched in November that year [2] forming part of a £1.7 billion catch-up fund to try to address learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] It outsources the tutoring of school children to 33 organisations, [4] most of them private companies. The ...
Educational technology is an inclusive term for both the material tools and processes, and the theoretical foundations for supporting learning and teaching. Educational technology is not restricted to advanced technology but is anything that enhances classroom learning in the utilization of blended, face-to-face, or online learning. [12]
COVID-19 in the UK: Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announces that GCSE and A-Level exams in England this summer will be replaced by teacher assessments, telling MPs he would "trust in teachers rather than algorithms". [11] Another record daily case figure is reported, with 62,322 new infections.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, all secondary education examinations due to be held in 2020 were cancelled.As a result, an alternative method had to be designed and implemented at short notice to determine the qualification grades to be awarded to students for that year.
1 January – The UK government announces that all primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the winter term. [1]2 January – Teaching unions have told primary school staff it is unsafe to return to school and urged them to implement remote learning as pressure grows on the government to keep schools closed for the first two weeks of January following its decision to do so ...
Online education exists all around the world and is used for all levels of education (K-12 High school/secondary school, college, or graduate school). Virtual education is becoming increasingly used worldwide. There are currently more than 4,700 colleges and universities that provide online courses to their students. [2]