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Government 'failing' on classroom ventilation, union claims

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A teachers’ union has criticised the government for failing to deliver its target of 7,000 air purifiers on time to ensure there is adequate ventilation in every classroom to help reduce the spread of Covid-19.
Most classrooms are not sufficiently ventilated, teaching unions warn. Picture: Adobe Stock
Most classrooms are not sufficiently ventilated, teaching unions warn. Picture: Adobe Stock

NASUWT says the findings from its latest survey of nearly 2,000 teachers on ventilation from 15 December to 4 January reveals more than half said they did not have access to a CO2 monitor in their classroom.

The shortages come despite pledges from ministers that all schools and colleges would be provided with monitors from the start of the new academic year as part of measures to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, the union said.

However, it highlighted that even for those settings that had a classroom monitor, nearly one in 10 said it did not work properly.

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