8 May 2020

Principals fear secondary students won't return after taking up work to help family incomes

From Checkpoint, 5:22 pm on 8 May 2020

Principals fear some students won't return to school at all after lockdown because they've been forced to get full-time jobs to support their families through the pandemic.

It has been almost two months since students were sent home and while online learning has become the norm, some students from low decile schools have not taken part while they wait for devices.

Louise Ternouth investigates the impact of Covid-19 in our schools.