COVID schools crisis: Will virtual classrooms catch on?

On Wednesday, Boris Johnson expressed hope that it will be safe to reopen schools in England from 8 March at the earliest. But it’s not that straightforward. The full return of face-to-face learning is heavily dependent on the success of the vaccine rollout and a decline in COVID-19 cases. Teachers, parents and pupils have had to re-adjust to remote learning during this lockdown but could online lessons have a permanent place in the education structure in future? On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, teacher Mathury Jeganathan shares her experience of swapping the traditional school building for a virtual classroom. Host Jonathan Samuels is also joined by founder of My Online Schooling, Tom Crombie and Sky’s Laura Bundock as we examine the lessons learned.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast apprentice – Lauren PinkneyInterviews producer - Tatiana AldersonArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Rob FellowesMusic - Steven Wheeler