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THE government last week outlined proposals which promise £650 million in additional funding for the upcoming academic year in order to help pupils catch up on education missed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite this being marketed to school leaders as additional funding, this cash injection does not offset the real-terms cuts suffered by schools year on year — let alone provide the “extra” funding needed to recover from a global pandemic.
Though any additional funding is welcome at this time, we must not forget that public education remains chronically underfunded and that over four million children are living in poverty as a result of neoliberal austerity measures.
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