What is a social right to a vacation??
Charities such as the Family Holiday Association have helped us to look at the issues surrounding vacations as a social right, and now there is a new issue that should be discussed...
A new ‘Eduvacations’ campaign by leading family travel website Take The Family, backed by hundreds of parents, will help tackle the issue of ‘truancy’ by kids who are actually holidaying during term-time. Almost 65,000 pupils a day missed school in the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. After illness, family holidays taken in term-time were the second most common reason for absence...
The initiative would make the current entitlement to 10 days off during term time a legal right – it’s currently offered only at the individual head teacher’s discretion, and parents who fly against their school’s ruling risk incurring a fine of £100. Parents would have to demonstrate that the holiday will have significant educational aspects by submitting a form to show how the trip will tie in with their child’s current learning stage, whilst avoiding critical periods. They would also be required to encourage their children to keep a diary of their trip....
Take The Family’s new poll reveals that a whopping 92% of parents actively support the idea of holidays with some kind of learning aspect, while only 8% thought that children's learning should be limited to the classroom. Of those in favour of 'Eduvacations', roughly half believed that holidays are the ideal learning experience, while the other half believe that only some holidays should be educational, with others devoted to fun and relaxation...
We at GTI believes that the ability of all people to be able to take a vacation is a social right, and wish Take The Family well with getting this point across...
To follow this story and join the "social needs" debate, please follow http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/34432-Eduvacations:-Parents-demand-school-rules-change-for-holidays
Barticus.
Charities such as the Family Holiday Association have helped us to look at the issues surrounding vacations as a social right, and now there is a new issue that should be discussed...
A new ‘Eduvacations’ campaign by leading family travel website Take The Family, backed by hundreds of parents, will help tackle the issue of ‘truancy’ by kids who are actually holidaying during term-time. Almost 65,000 pupils a day missed school in the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. After illness, family holidays taken in term-time were the second most common reason for absence...
The initiative would make the current entitlement to 10 days off during term time a legal right – it’s currently offered only at the individual head teacher’s discretion, and parents who fly against their school’s ruling risk incurring a fine of £100. Parents would have to demonstrate that the holiday will have significant educational aspects by submitting a form to show how the trip will tie in with their child’s current learning stage, whilst avoiding critical periods. They would also be required to encourage their children to keep a diary of their trip....
Take The Family’s new poll reveals that a whopping 92% of parents actively support the idea of holidays with some kind of learning aspect, while only 8% thought that children's learning should be limited to the classroom. Of those in favour of 'Eduvacations', roughly half believed that holidays are the ideal learning experience, while the other half believe that only some holidays should be educational, with others devoted to fun and relaxation...
We at GTI believes that the ability of all people to be able to take a vacation is a social right, and wish Take The Family well with getting this point across...
To follow this story and join the "social needs" debate, please follow http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/34432-Eduvacations:-Parents-demand-school-rules-change-for-holidays
Barticus.
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