Teachers Feel ‘Guilty’ About Caring for Themselves
Taking care of our children and students are paramount, however should we start caring for the people who are mentoring, developing and nurturing our next generation? Teachers should not be feeling guilty or any kind of shame for paying attention to their own well-being. This year alone, there has been a steep rise in educational […]
Two-in-Five Pupils Unsure on How to Get Mental Health Help
A new report has shown that almost 38 per cent of all aged pupils admitted that they wouldn’t know where to go to access mental health support within school and 52 per cent said that they would not feel comfortable or confident approaching any school staff for help. Statistics have shown that three-in-five young people […]
Permanent Damage Could be Done if Funding Crisis Continues
Over eighty cross-party MPs have written to Philip Hammond saying that he must increase school and special educational needs funding for prevent inequalities throughout the country in education; these MPs believe that if funding is not increased soon, permanent damage could be caused. The funding crisis has become so evident in some parts of the […]
Mental Health Focus, where are Resources Going?
When mental health is discussed in government or by educational professionals, it is mainly aimed towards teens. I admit, when we converse about mental health at Rikama Education, I picture a teenager. Even the government has admitted the same with their mental health first aid pledge being applicable for secondary aged pupils only. Why is […]
Are Creative Arts being Squeezed Out of Our Schools?
The education secretary, Damian Hinds, was questioned today by various MPs on the Commons Education Select Committee about a recent survey, which Rikama reported on, finding that teachers in England work the longest hours in Europe however; these teachers are actually teaching for less time than they did 5 years ago. Creative Arts dubbed as ‘not-essential’ […]
