LCN Journalist accuses ministers of destroying the UK education system

Young people have missed out on learning for months on end when the Government decided to shut most public settings during their COVID-19 response, data shows.

Copyright: Dwayne Hards.

Education is a fundamental liberty for all young people under domestic legislation, EU law, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, some people — the UK Government included — claim that previous coronavirus policies allowed ministers to damage the education system.

Thousands of young people's lives have been ruined by Government officials and the Department for Education amid the constant closures of most public schools, and this is a constitutional issue that the Supreme Court needs to address urgently.

In the UK, the overall responsibility to protect students' right to an education lies with the government of each nation, but councils also have a say in how local services — including schools — operate.