More than a hundred schools in the UK have been closed due to the risk of collapse

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More than a hundred schools in the UK have been closed due to the risk of collapse

A large number of school buildings in the UK use autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) , which is a lighter concrete material.

Back in 2018, the roof of a primary school in southeast England collapsed, and later found that RAAC was used in its roof and buildings, raising concerns about the safety risks of the material.

According to the BBC, RAAC material was widely used in places such as roof panels from the 1950s to the mid-1990s, with a service life of about 30 years.

According to reports, this building safety risk exists not only in school buildings but also in courts, hospitals, police stations, and other public buildings. RAAC materials have been found to have been used.

The Royal Dengate Theatre in Northampton has been temporarily closed due to the discovery of RAAC material.

According to the NHS, RAAC materials have been identified in 27 hospital buildings.

The head of the NHS has been asked to develop measures to deal with the potential risk of collapse.

The British government has been aware of the presence of RAAC materials in public sector buildings, including schools, since 1994 and has advised schools to be "fully prepared" since 2018, the BBC reported.

The Independent reported that Jonathan Slater, a former senior official at the Department of Education, said Prime Minister Sunak approved budget cuts to build schools when he was chancellor of the exchequer in 2021.

Nick Gibb, a senior Department of Education official, said the Department of Education had asked for PS200m yearly for school maintenance. Still, the then chancellor of the exchequer, Mr Sunak, provided only PS50 million a year.

It is also reported that although Sunak has promised to renovate 50 schools a year, only four schools have been renovated in the government's main reconstruction plan.

The head of the British National Audit Office also criticized the crisis, saying that the Sunak government has adopted a "plaster method" in building maintenance.

He believes that schools have been forced to close and families are "paying the price" for underinvestment by the government.

Paul Whitman, secretary-general of the National Association of Principals, said parents and the public would see any attempt to shift the blame to individual schools as "a desperate attempt by the government to divert attention from its own major mistakes."

Whitman said that the classroom is now completely unusable, and the responsibility for this situation lies with the British government. "No matter how much you divert and distract, you can't change that."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called: "the government must be open and transparent, which will reassure staff, parents, children and others."

The BBC reported that schools across the UK are pushing ahead with assessments and inspections, and children who have been suspended due to school building problems will be temporarily housed or taught online.

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