Back to School:Millions of students return to school in England-parent will face fines if they are kept at home

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Back to School:Millions of students return to school in England-parent will face fines if they are kept at home.

Large numbers of students in England are going back to school with strict corona virus rules to keep the schools students safe, so as to prevent the spread of the virus amongst students.

According to the Sun, Four in ten schools in England will welcome back pupils for the autumn term today, with the others reopening this week. 

The large numbers of pupils coming back to schools after it has been reopened comes after the prime minister of England, Boris Johnson announces that any parent or guardian who does not allow his/her child or children to return to school will be fined, the ministers insisted that the fines imposed is a major tool to make sure that all kid comes back to school.

Minister of Schools in England, Nick Gibb said, 

“School is mandatory in this country.

“All the rules about attendance will apply from today in schools”. Citing that the rules that have been announced including the 'fine rule' for parents who wouldn't allow their kids to come to school are now in effect as school reopens. 

The Department Of Education(DfE) said fines for parents who refuse to send their kids to schools in England will only be used as a last resort when classes resume. 

In compliance with the law, local authorities have been given the order to fine parents £120, which can be reduced to £60 if paid before 21 days over a child's absence from school,parents or guardian can be persecuted if they fail to pay the fine.

NAHT boss, Paul Whitman called for a temporary ban on school absence fines.

According to him, 

“If you are a parent worried about safety, a fine is unlikely to make you feel safer.

“The Government understanda this, but the threat of fines still remains, so we're urging the government to take the threat of fines off the table for the coming term.

“This would send a powerful signal to parents and family could well mean that more of them are willing to bring their children back to school. Which is what we all want to see”.

As schools are reopening in England,Prime Minister Johnson, urges workers to get back to their offices and workshops.

Mr Johnson said that parent should scrap home working as they no longer have childcare requirements.

A government source said that,

 “We are hoping that the reopening of schools will naturally lead to many more working parents returning this week and next. We will access the data before deciding next steps”.

Meanwhile a Whitehall source said the PM will order a fresh tactics that will get civil servants back working in government departments this week after a shockingly low number returned in August.

School minister Gibbs said that the time needed for exam marking and university admission process is being considered. He told BBC Radio.

“The issues are not simple, We have to take into account the other nations in the UK which also use the GCSEs and A-levels in their term dates, you have to take account the time for marking, making sure results are delivered on a certain date for university admissions and so on.

“There are a whole range of factors that the exam boards, Ofqual and the department for education are looking at, but we will form a decision very soon.

When he was asked whether the decision and answers would be out by October, he said, 

“It will be very soon because we know schools need to know the answer to this question and we have been working on it since mid-June”.

Analysis in England, shows that some kids would be nearly three months behind the curriculum when they get back to school.