Canada's daily COVID-19 tally has exceeded 1000 for the past two weeks, coinciding with the start of the school year. There are lessons to be learned for NSW's return to school.
With more than 70 per cent of its eligible population vaccinated, Canada’s approach for sending children back to the classroom would appear more straightforward than NSW’s current wrestle with a similar issue.
The Toronto district school board, the country’s largest, for example, asked parents to select either in-person or online learning before August 12. As cases escalated after this deadline, families now preferring their children switch to online learning have been pushed to a waiting list. In NSW, distance education is offered only to geographically remote students and those whose individual circumstances prevent them from attending school, such as students with medical conditions or disabilities.asked the NSW Department of Education if it would expand the criteria for online distance learning for families who choose not to send their children back to school or if another alternative would be available.
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