THE government must embark on a national education recovery plan to ensure children do not become “casualties of Covid-19,” a teaching union demanded today. 

The NEU has called on the government to work with teachers and unions on a 10-point plan to prevent disruption to children’s education during this time from having a lasting impact.  

Most children have been out of school since lockdown measures were imposed in mid-March and will not return to classrooms until September.