Covid-19 school closures 'could cost pupils £40,000 in lifetime earnings'
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Covid-19 school closures 'could cost pupils £40,000 in lifetime earnings'
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Covid-19 school closures 'could cost pupils £40,000
in lifetime earnings'
Pupils in the UK could stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in lifetime earnings
from the effects of Covid-hit school closures, a report suggests.
Any effects are likely to be concentrated among children from disadvantaged backgrounds,
the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.
Parent groups say the four UK nations must "do more... to avoid a generation of children
being left behind".
The IFS says the £1.5bn so far invested in "catch up" services is not enough.
The leading economic research group said "there is much that is good" with the plans to
help pupils being put in place across the UK but the amount being allocated so far was
"tiny in comparison with the scale of problem".
UK schools are currently closed to pupils other than children of key workers and those
classified as vulnerable in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus.
By mid-February, children will have lost half an academic year - as much as 5% of their
school career - in learning time.
The IFS says its report contains an "illustration, rather than a precise prediction" of what
could happen.
But it suggests that despite remote learning, some children may leave school with fewer
or poorer qualifications.
The IFS says the reduction in face-to-face teaching could potentially result in a total of
£350bn in lost lifetime earnings for the UK's 8.7m schoolchildren, adding this would hit
future tax revenues.
The institute refers to findings by the World Bank that a year of schooling increases an
individual's earnings by an average of 8% a year in an advanced economy such as
the UK.
For anyone earning the average yearly wage in the UK, the IFS estimates, this would
translate to a potential £40,000 loss in income across a lifetime, leading it to warn that
"the long-run costs of the pandemic will fall disproportionately on today's children".
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