PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has
backed suggestions that school terms should be staggered to stop travel
companies driving up prices in the holiday peaks. He complained in particular
about budget airlines hiking ticket prices because of increased demand during
school holidays.
‘This is very frustrating and I have
seen it myself when you are booking on easyJet or Ryanair,’ he said in a radio
interview. ‘Prices go up because of the demand and then you've got holiday
companies who sometimes seem to deliberately put up prices at holiday time.’
His comments came as head teachers in
Britain agreed to investigate the benefits of scrapping the six-week summer
holidays. Proposals to spread holidays more evenly through the year were
discussed at the National Association of Head Teachers union conference. Union
leader Russell Hobby questioned whether the current 13-week term structure was
healthy for staff, arguing that changing it could reduce stress and cut holiday
prices for families. But head teachers wanted more evidence of the benefits of
such changes.
The government gave academies and
free schools in England permission to vary term-times earlier this academic
year. This is due to be extended to all state schools in September.
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