The director of a Sarnia tutoring centre says provincial funding, aimed at helping students "catch up" on their education, won't have much of an impact.
Earlier this month, the province announced it was offering parents $200 or $250 per child following two years of disrupted learning.
Sahar Nasr with Math Plus Tutors believes the money will not be enough for everyone.
"It will help many families, definitely, at least subsidize the service they are looking for, but $200 is not even near even 50 per cent of some of what families are really going to pay to catch up for their children's educational support."
Nasr said many of the students require a couple of tutoring sessions a week, so their expenses will be way over the $200.
Nasr added that there's a staggering need for tutoring services in the area, partly due to pandemic school disruptions.
"Switching from in-person to online has been a struggle for many students, we've seen that, and pushing the students with almost two years worth of curriculum deficits," she said. "Everybody is still in need, especially when parents get the progress reports for the students and they realize how much struggle they are going through."
Nasr said another initiative from the province, aimed at getting students back on track, will offer free tutoring at schools after hours. She believes this will provide more help for families.
Nasr said while all grades are needing help, there's a greater need among elementary students. She said if you lose a couple of years of curriculum in the elementary grades, it impacts the foundation of a student's education.
- With files from Natalia Vega
