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Ghost children: How lockdown crippled school attendance

05 Jul 2023 Education

Ghost children: How lockdown crippled school attendance

In the wake of the pandemic, a staggering 1.7 million children are missing the equivalent of a morning a week of school. Author and journalist Harriet Sergeant argues that in the wake of the pandemic, the government has let children down