In recent articles in this column the impact on disadvantaged pupils caused by the lockdown and closure of schools has been graphically set out. Most worrying has been the widening of the attainment gap between the high achievers and those who were already struggling to keep up with the baseline targets of pass grades in GCSE English and Mathematics which are the gateway to higher education and employment.
The BBC are now reporting that 300 teaching positions are to be created in Northern Ireland specifically to help disadvantaged children catch up with learning lost during the lockdown as part of the £11.2m Engage programme announced in June by the Department of Education. The scheme is designed to provide the
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