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First episode dateJanuary 12, 2003
Final episode dateJuly 18, 2019
Presented by Andrew Neil
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This Week was a BBC One current affairs and politics TV programme, screened late on Thursday evenings. It was hosted by former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum.

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Coronavirus: £1bn of catch-up tuition Fund for England students

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to help

A £1bn Fund, England The Children to make up for what they missed while the schools were closed, said the Prime Minister .

most of The disadvantaged students have access to Tutors through a £350m programme over The Next academic year.

primary and secondary schools will spend a Further £650m on a one-to-one or group lessons for all pupils who think they need it.

head teachers welcomed the funding But said more details were needed.

Boris Johnson said the Fund would help school leaders, what the students need.

He thanked the teachers, educators and support staff for their efforts during the pandemic, and said that he was determined "to do everything" he could to get all the kids back in school, starting in September.

"We have the plans for how this will happen as soon as possible," He Said .

However, the early years providers and colleges for 16 - to 19-year-olds are not included in the plans.

Still, it was a schemes, any mention of the summer-to help the students back on track for launch in the autumn time.

education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the funding would bring a package to reform and protect "A Generation of children from The Effects of this pandemic".

schools were closed across the UK on 20. March. Apart from The Children , the key persons, the majority of children do not to school, because then, and not in a class room until after the summer holidays.

children in Kindergarten, reception, year 1 and year 6 have begun, the return to primary schools in England, and some of the year 10, 12 students of the leading schools and universities returned to more This Week .

schools in Wales are re-opening at The End of June, with only one-third of the students in the class at any time, while in Scotland, the schools prepare to open on may 11. August.

Social distancing in schools, where the Minister seek a full re-opening of schools on may 24. August.

work, said the Minister should help the convening of a task force - the involvement of the trade unions and the scientific and health experts, all the students come back in the school safe as soon as possible.

Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said the plans "little Details, and seem to be a tiny fraction of the support" necessary " and called for a "detailed national plan for education, the education of children and health back on track".

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the plans for the subsidised National tutoring program has been developed, with the help of a group of social mobility organisations, and the scientists, under the direction of the Education Endowment Fund (EDF), a non-profit organization.

EDF has said that Until Now , access to tutoring, the preservation of well-to-was-to-do Families , But this would not be the case, since the schools would be able to, subsidized tuition.

But also expect individual schools to pay 25% of tuition costs in The First year, or their parts, provided £650m in additional funding available to you as part of this package.

"tutoring is supported the catch-up approach, from The Strongest evidence," said the EEF's chief executive, Prof Becky Francis .

"Long-term response,'

the movement, called a tremendous opportunity to create a lasting change.

The Association of School and College Leaders General Secretary , Geoff Barton, welcomed the investment, saying it would help support The Work of schools are already companies on student-to-catch-up.

But he noted that the investment expected to be spent on tutoring, to decide, rather than left to the principal's office.

He was also concerned that there is no investment for The Sixth forms.

"As always, we suspect, The Devil is in The Detail and we expect to get more information," He Said .

David Hughes , chief executive of The Association of Colleges, said the teenager-college-worthy students so much catch-up support than any other age group, and it was "untenable", in order not to miss you.

Bill Watkins, chief executive of The Sixth Form Colleges Association, said it would be "completely unwarranted" to exclude a sixth form student from The Package .

While Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early years of the Alliance, said the decision of the government, not to children of preschool age, "mocks".

the National Association of Head Teachers General Secretary Paul Whiteman said he was happy to Minister heard the calls for a long-term answer, rather than short-term quick solutions.

"This is a considerable sum of money," said Mr. Whiteman, But he also warned there were many details yet to be worked through.

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coronavirus lockdown measures, schools, children, state schools, tutoring

Source of news: bbc.com

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