The coronavirus pandemic has put a dent into many things. However, one of the main things suffering is education. Many students feel that the government has not done enough to support them from the GCSE level to universities.

The national union of students found one-fifth of students did not have the correct technological means to complete the assignments and examinations

“The most impacted are already the most disadvantaged. This makes no sense when there are solutions available to help them and all students,” says Claire Sosienski-Smith, NUS vice-president for higher education.

After the 2020 GCSE and a level results fiasco, many students are still worried about whether or not they will actually get a fair chance at their future. 

President of BCU Indian society Rajan Joshi said,

it’s worse for international students. We have to pay our full fees and were not even allowed on campus yet. And getting jobs are difficult as it is at the moment, especially for those of us who don’t even have a work permit yet.

In fact, in the recent Harvard business review, it has been declared that students are most likely to get lower grades due to online learning.

https://hbr.org/2013/12/students-get-lower-grades-in-online-courses

Even the recent decision for £1 billion for the national tutoring revolution, which will see up to 100 million tutoring hours for children and young people across England, has come under fire from student unions.

A professor in educational leadership Tony Bush, said,

increasing tuition will only add more pressure to students who are already struggling.