To warm schoolchildren in the winter in Britain, they plan to buy sweaters

MOSCOW, August 28 — RIA Novosti. School principals in the UK are considering buying sweaters to keep underprivileged students warm in classrooms during the winter amid rising electricity prices, the Sun newspaper reported.

“No matter what happens, we have to keep the heat in the schools. We can’t let the students get cold. Maybe we can turn it down a degree or two and ask everyone to wear sweaters. Schools can ask the kids to bring their own sweaters, but we have a lot of students from poor socio-economic groups. Therefore, we will have to provide (them – ed.) sweaters, ”the newspaper quotes the words of Steve Chalk, the manager of the Oasis Academies schools.

The publication also quotes a UK government official as saying authorities are aware of rising energy costs and will increase core school funding by £4bn ($4.7bn) in 2022-23, up from 7bn in 2021-2022. % in monetary terms per student.

Earlier, the British energy regulator Ofgem announced an 80% increase in the maximum allowable electricity bill for consumers from October 1 due to rising global energy prices. Thus, the maximum bill for the British could be 1578 pounds (80%) more. The previous energy price threshold was £1,971. The head of the energy regulator, Jonathan Brearley, warned that energy prices are likely to continue to rise, and called on the country’s future prime minister to take new measures to combat rising prices.