The National Education Union releases its list of safety demands for teachers before reporting back to physical classes.
Government: Impossible to fulfill the list of safety demands
The National Education Union recently releases its 25-page file containing the list of safety demands they want from the government before physical classes are to resume completely.
The European Teachers Union is very vocal in its intention to block the resume of physical classes in the UK, not until a concrete guideline from the government that will protect the welfare and interest of the students and teachers is released.
In its reply to the government’s plan of resuming physical classes in the UK, the Teachers Union disseminated a list of safety demands to its 500-thousand strong members all across the UK. The checklist asks teachers and school staff regarding the support provided by the government on the school they are reporting in.
The MPs accused the union of stalling the national priority of the Prime Minister to open classes as soon as possible. Initially, the teachers union already blocked the plan to reopen schools before the summer holidays. Now, they want to stall again the reopening of schools, according to Education Committee Chair Robert Halfon.
The teachers union is more concerned over human safety
The NEU president expressed that the list is not geared towards reducing safety costs in contrast to the real goal of human safety.
If the government badly wants to reopen schools this early, they should be willing to shoulder additional expenses to ensure that teachers, school staff, and students are safe from the virus.
The union is coordinating with school leaders to make sure that their concerns if any will be raised accordingly. Guidelines and government support should be properly laid out in their areas, or else, the union will advise them to reconsider the resumption of physical classes.
The situation in the UK is not far from what teachers union in South Africa are voicing out regarding the lack of government support towards the reopening of schools.
