The National Education Union leaders (NEU) are using cynical methods to force the headmasters not to reopen schools.
In a Zoom video footage available online, the leaders are seen coming up with plans on how they will threaten headmasters into submission and void the reopening of schools on 1st June by the UK government.
The National Education Union to delay reopening
Mary Bousted, the NEU’s joint general secretary, in the video, outlines how they will oppose the reopenings by painting children as being mucky, spreading germs and wiping their snort on their trousers. This was in a bid to show that school-going children will spread the virus from schools to home and vice versa. The zoom call was made on 14th may and urged members to attend school meetings to ensure they push back on the school reopening date.
The debate on when school reopening should be has continued to divide the UK with the government first insisting that the schools should be reopened on 1st June. However, with the date first approaching and some member countries of the UK such as Scotland indicating they might have different dates of reopening, the government yesterday confirmed that the date is not a hard deadline and they were willing to listen to other inputs before a final decision.
The government has also faced opposition on school reopenings from multiple teachers union who argue that it is still not safe for school reopening. In a meeting held yesterday, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson was unable to agree with the union on when the reopening should happen.
The video recordings were criticized by Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith who said it was now clear that the National Education Union was out to thwart any plans of school reopens. He continued by saying the recordings proved that the union had nothing to do with safety but to get back at the government.
The Department for Education spokesman also said in a statement they were discussing with multiple unions on the appropriate date for reopenings. He reiterated the government stand on safety and argued they have been very transparent in the last eight weeks the schools have been closed.
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