Will Students Catch-Up With A Free Tutoring Program?
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It’s nearly time for students to head back to the classroom and hopefully, this year won’t be as disruptive as the last one. While students and teachers work hard to catch-up, thousands of tutors will be employed to support NSW students.
In November the NSW Government introduced a tutoring program to help students catch up on their schoolwork. The 2021 COVID Intensive Learning Support program will provide free tutoring within primary, secondary, and specialist NSW government and non-government schools.
Research by the Grattan Institute in June estimates that in the 7 weeks of remote learning in NSW schools an achievement gap between disadvantaged and their peers grew by 6 percent.
The Daily spoke with Associate Professor Jane Hunter, an education researcher at the University of Technology Sydney.