Government has urged university students to provide tutoring in schools, saying it will help them gain “valuable work experience” and “give back to local communities”.
The Department for Education has created guidance for universities on how they can recruit students to its flagship National Tutoring Programme, either in voluntary or paid roles.
In an email to schools, the DfE said the push was to help “ensure the longevity of tutoring and maximise the opportunity for schools to spend their government funding”.
It could be sold to students as an opportunity “to gain valuable work experience”, allow them to promote the university to school pupils and “give back to local communities”, DfE guidance says.
