'We cannot allow a situation where parents are forced to choose between putting food on the table through their employment, to support their kids and their kids' education”. 9News
while some states spread opposite advice.
Primary school student six-year-old Oscar being home schooled on-line in Sydney, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Many students are being kept home from school, being taught online and by their parents, New South Wales schools are still open with teachers asking students of non-essential workers be kept home in an effort to control the speed of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. NO ARCHIVING
"We will lose many things in the course of fighting this virus. One thing that I know teachers are united on, with their parents, is we do not want one of those things to be the loss of a child's education, giving up a whole year of their learning." "Quite rightly, state and non-government education authorities are working on how to support and protect those teachers who continue with classroom learning, or having other arrangements in place for them."
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