This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Ensure teachers teach all students who are forced to self-isolate from COVID-19.
1. Ensure teachers undertake online teaching training courses;
2. Ensure that teachers have the necessary equipment to simultaneously teach students in the physical classroom and those at home;
3. Mandate that teachers teach and provide feedback to students and parents of progress.
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For the past 6 months, instead of teaching, many schools have defined 'success' as 'providing homework online for students to self-learn'. This is simply not teaching and if left un-checked will uncessarily cause serious long-term damage to our children's futures.
Although remote teaching may not be the preferred course of engagement, academia is thankfully a model (particularly for secondary school students), that works online.
Fact, no business or public entity has a 'play book' on how to best navigate during these difficult times. However, no-action by some schools to provide ongoing virtual teaching for our students at home is simply not something we can blame on COVID. It very simply, a lack of resources or an unwillingness to change, both of which can and must be fixed.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions that make requests that are the direct responsibility of the UK Government or House of Commons, and a number of the requests you make, around training and how teachers provided feedback to students, would be a matter for individual schools.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334065
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