THE National Education Union (NEU) and the Daily Mirror have launched an appeal to supply remote learning materials to pupils whose homes do not have them.

About 4.2 million children are growing up in poverty, an average of nine pupils in every class of 30, with many more families being pushed into hardship by job losses, illness and changing circumstances during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.  

The NEU has warned that too many children do not have the tools for home learning.