News | Covid | UK: Masks and Tests wil Not be Compulsory at English Schools.
theguardian.com Covid: masks and tests not compulsory at English schools, says minister Helen Pidd 4-5 minutes It will not be compulsory for school pupils to take Covid tests twice a week, nor wear face coverings in class, the schools minister Nick Gibb has confirmed. But Gibb said he hoped most students would wear masks and volunteer to take tests twice a week in school, before being given home testing kits. In interviews on Thursday, Gibb also said that while this summer’s exams had been scrapped, teachers would have to show evidence for the grades they gave , as part of checks against grade inflation. He told Sky News: “Of course exams are the fairest and best system for judging attainment. “But we can’t have exams this year because of the pandemic and because of the disruption that many students have faced up and down the country. “It wouldn’t be fair to hold exams this year and we trust the