He rightly referred to the catching up of learners who have fallen behind due to Covid, ‘as the greatest challenge of my generation of educators’. Those who are most vulnerable and who face the most barriers to learning have been the hardest hit.
He’s right, it is a huge challenge and one that risks overwhelming an underfunded and over stretched education system. For us in further education, this isn’t about a ‘bit of tutoring in the corner’ as Sir Kevan puts it, however tested it is. It requires a fundamental shift in how we will approach teaching and learning in the next few years. And how we do this without narrowing the curriculum.
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