The “pandemic” measures have greatly affected the younger ones

Students in Britain struggle to write handwriting and communicate with others

• Older children were less likely to make difficult choices in final exams.

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• Children treated with devices for prolonged periods of time negative effects of closing periods.

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• Children find it difficult to use non-touch devices.

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Many children in Britain have little handwriting ability, and some have difficulty using non-touch devices;

Others can't explain facial expressions, according to reports from the UK's Education Watchdog Ofsted.

The commission looked at how children recovered from the epidemic, and found that schools, nurseries, and colleges were still dealing with the repercussions of the closure, and a separate report looked at prison education.

While the inspectors noted improvements, they said the pandemic continued to impede children's learning and personal development, including attendance, well-being and behaviour.

Young children did not know how to take turns in class and could not listen properly, while some schools said that older children were less likely to make difficult choices in final exams, such as science or languages.

Ofsted's president, Amanda Spielman, said the pandemic has created "some lingering challenges," adding, "I'm particularly concerned about the growth of younger children, and if left unaddressed it could cause problems for primary schools in the future."

The agency will publish the findings in a set of reports, which explore how students can recover from learning loss due to the pandemic.

Inspections of 70 providers in January and February found that some institutions said children had "limited vocabulary", while "some children struggle to respond to basic facial expressions".

Because of the closure, children were also unable to hold live conversations or hear stories.

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One service provider said the younger children appeared to spend more time on screens and used accents and voices from the programs they watched.

A few service providers said that wearing a mask had a negative impact on young children's language and communication skills.

"Young children were surrounded by adults who wore masks at all times, and therefore could not see regular lip movements or mouth shapes," the report said.

And some service providers reported that the delay in the development of speech and language in children led to the lack of social communication with other children easily, as it was previously.

Ofsted's results also showed more developmental delays in children, as children do not learn how to crawl or walk as quickly as usual.

Some nursery staff encouraged the children to express their feelings, through “feeling cards” with pictures of different facial expressions.

The epidemic continues to affect knowledge

The school survey found that the epidemic was still affecting students' knowledge, although the report noted that schools were using "effective strategies" to help children catch up.

Pandemic anxiety has made some parents reluctant to send their children to school.

School principals have raised concerns about nursery school children, saying they are late in learning spoken language.

Inspectors found it a challenge for teachers to help older students absorb content they missed while preparing for exams.

"In some schools, assessment practices for this year's groups have been modified to take this into account," the report said, adding, "However, the inspectors noted that the possibility that there would be more testing than learning, and the focus on assessment could mean that learning suffers as a result."

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“Repeated closures mean that most younger children have reduced social interaction, and perhaps not surprisingly, this affects their emotional development, social skills, speech and language skills,” said James Bowen, director of policy at the National Association of School Administrators. She takes great pains to give the students the extra support they need, but she can’t do it alone.”

• Because of the closure, children have a 'limited vocabulary', and some struggle to respond to basic facial expressions.

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