Getting children back to school and make up lost time is one of the most important tasks for the coronavirus exit plan.
Extra money is being found from the Chancellor - the Bank of England’s deep pockets - with £1.2 billion for England.
Holiday time will not be all fun and games for many students; summer schools are planned and paid for, but there is concern that the take-up may be disappointing.
Boris Johnson has been the boldest of the four national leaders, deciding that all schools should open on March 8.
Welsh First Secretary Mark Drakeford has a step-by-step approach. Some of the youngest children are already in their classes and older ones will start later. The oldest secondary school group may go part time.
A major development is the decision by all four countries to do away with exams this year and let teachers decide.
There was immediate uproar for what is seen, in rugby terms, as a ‘hospital pass’.
Gavin Williamson, England’s beleaguered Education Secretary, who has not lived down last year’s shambles of grades by algorithm, must be pleased to have made the pass.
The fear is that the plan will degrade the traditional exam system and create chaos for universities.
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