Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Another case of government outsourcing to a company who treats workers like shit:
UK tutoring scheme uses under-18s in Sri Lanka paid as little as £1.57 an hour
"Tutors in Sri Lanka who are as young as 17 and earning as little as £1.57 an hour have been used by the government’s flagship national tutoring programme to teach maths to disadvantaged primary school children in England"
"Critics condemned another example of the government outsourcing support and services in its pandemic response, and said the funding – which is part of a £1.7bn catch-up fund announced last year – should have gone directly to schools to source their own tutors rather than through a complex system of private providers."
After being approached about the revelations, the Government has suspended the use of under 18s as tutors for the scheme,
Analysis: Tutoring scheme throws money at the private sector again
UK tutoring scheme uses under-18s in Sri Lanka paid as little as £1.57 an hour
"Tutors in Sri Lanka who are as young as 17 and earning as little as £1.57 an hour have been used by the government’s flagship national tutoring programme to teach maths to disadvantaged primary school children in England"
"Critics condemned another example of the government outsourcing support and services in its pandemic response, and said the funding – which is part of a £1.7bn catch-up fund announced last year – should have gone directly to schools to source their own tutors rather than through a complex system of private providers."
After being approached about the revelations, the Government has suspended the use of under 18s as tutors for the scheme,
Analysis: Tutoring scheme throws money at the private sector again
