Labour has accused the government of outsourcing its flagship national tutoring programme, designed to help the most disadvantaged children catch up after the Covid pandemic, to a giant human resources conglomerate “with little tutoring experience”. “The Conservatives have serious questions to answer about the suitability of Randstad, a human resources company, to deliver tutoring for our children. Green said: “The national tutoring programme (NTP) is reaching just 1% of pupils and this week’s announcement will provide pupils with less than one hour of tutoring per fortnight. Randstad is one of the NTP’s tuition partners, providing tutoring sessions in English schools. “It also has a strong understanding of the NTP, having worked as a tuition partner in the current academic year,” they said.

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2021 20:38 UTC