BORIS Johnson must begin getting kids back into classrooms next month, the powerful Commons education boss warned today.
But his comments sparked anger from Mr Halfon who is the Chairman of Parliament’s powerful Education Select Committee. And he demands: “The engine of Government should be directed to do everything possible to get our schools open again after February half term - as was stated previously by the Prime Minister.
The row comes as Mr Hancock rejected an offer from an independent headteachers group to jab half a million teachers over next month’s half term. Bosses of Britain’s leading private schools and academies have offered to vaccinate all of the UK’s teachers at half term at no cost to the government.But Mr Hancock hit back: "It's not a matter of logistics, the logistics can be organised."The question is who should have each dose as it comes in... and we've taken the decision, quite rightly, to go through in order of clinical need, starting with those who are most likely to die from this disease.
So when the school is open, government is pressured to close. Now it’s closed, they’re pressured to open. It’s just endless!
So tired of seeing 'reopen schools'. WE NEVER SHUT!
Teachers need get the jab first before eny kid goes back I feel end day all life’s matter
Omg 😯 what is the rush as we are actually getting there with getting the COVID numbers down or we have just wasted our time doing this lockdown just wait til all teachers are immunised even if it’s after the Easter holidays
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