After two lockdowns and months of home schooling, some prep kids may have been left so far behind that they could be better off repeating the year.
Dandenong North Primary School's principal Kevin Mackay has flagged the issue in an article by The Age, which also underlines his school has a high population of LOTE speakers.
We asked a prep teacher and a parent how they have been coping with the unusual circumstances they have been facing this year,
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Scuola primaria e lockdown: scolari a rischio di ripetere l'anno?
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