Parents in the UK are the most protective of their children in the world, according to a new report. The research found that more than 20% of mothers in the UK want to
supervise their children playing, while only four per cent of mothers in India would do so. The study revealed that not letting children take part in 'free play'
could mean that children are unable to form social relationships and
may limit their creativity.
"Across the country, teachers encounter immigrant children, from every
corner of the world, whose English is, at best, very weak. And these
come on top of the still shockingly large numbers of children from
white, working-class, families with reading and writing skills so poor
that they struggle with even the most basic secondary-school textbooks."
Girls at St Margaret's School, in St Leonard's, have
collected hundreds of new toothbrushes which they will donate to an orphanage
in southern India as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award expedition.
White British-born children are now the minority in many London schools, official figures showed. In Tower Hamlets, 15% of primary school pupils are classed as white
British, while 63% of their classmates come from Bangladeshi families.
When
we invited readers to discuss the most pressing issues they faced while
living in the UK, an overwhelming 80% of parents with children under
seven had one common question: 'Should we educate our child in India, or in the UK?'
Which, further, throws up questions over whether it is worthwhile living in the UK or not!
White British-born children are now the minority in many London schools, official figures showed. In Tower Hamlets, 15% of primary school pupils are classed as white
British, while 63% of their classmates come from Bangladeshi families.
