admin More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears
Students across the UK have to resume their studies either online or in temporary facilities after the government has issued an order of 100 schools to close immediately. Due to the fear of the building collapsing as the concrete, described as ’80 per cent air” and “like an Aero Bar.”
According to a source, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), the potentially dangerous material was used to construct schools, colleges, and other buildings between the Fifties and mid-Seventies in the UK, but has since been found to be at risk of collapse.
The government has reported 156 schools that have found to contain RAAC, of which 104 require urgent action while 52 have already received repair work. Some 35 schools have been impacted in Scotland, though Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Saturday there were no plans to close schools there “at this stage”.
Reports cited, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has said the government will begin releasing the names of the schools impacted by the order, but ministers have so far refused to make the list public. Teaching unions have slammed the back-to-school chaos as “nothing short of a scandal”.
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