Victoria's child safety watchdog says schools turned away children living in high-risk homes during the height of the state's coronavirus lockdowns, while other students suffered potentially catastrophic disruptions to their education.
Victorian schools turned away children living in high-risk homes during the height of coronavirus lockdowns, while other students suffered potentially catastrophic disruptions to their education because of a failure to provide them with adequate technology, according to the state's child-safety watchdog.
"It was the right policy to let vulnerable children attend on site … but it wasn't properly put into practice," Ms Buchanan said. "My worry is that we're going to see more of that in coming weeks and months, because some of these things take a while for children to disclose," she said. "In the event this occurs, every student will get the support they need, especially children and young people facing disadvantage."The commission has also been told children in residential care, including Indigenous children, received fines of more than $1,600 for breaching social distancing laws during the previous lockdown.
A DHHS spokeswoman said in a statement that carers were expected to explain hygiene requirements, physical distancing and coronavirus restrictions.
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