COVID: Presidents are calling for all lessons to be online for schools in group testing areas
School administrators are calling on the government to allow high schools to take all teaching online to pupils undergoing massive tests for coronavirus in London, Kent and Essex. The National Association of School Directors (NAHT) and the Association of College Leaders have written a joint letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson urging him to close the gates of high schools and colleges whose students are being tested this week and to carry out group testing. From students to other high incidence areas in England. Unions say the measure will reduce the risk of contagion by these students in the classroom and on public transport, while avoiding a logistical nightmare for teachers and further disrupting children's education. "We can't just ask the already overburdened school staff to take these tests, because it will only stop the educational effort in the schools," said Paul Whitman, Secretary General of NAHT. The Observer also realizes that the government is