The New South Wales (NSW) Treasury is planning to put significant investment into tutoring services for students who have fallen behind during the COVID-19 lockdowns. “We know parents are pretty sick of home-schooling their kids, but what’s most important is that we don’t have our young people fall behind during this pandemic,” NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet told The Australian. “A child’s education in their formative years has a substantial impact on their future. Initiatives that drive better education outcomes are going to be looked at favourably—we don’t want today’s problems turning into a challenge for tomorrow,” Perrottet said. The tutoring program will be similar to the previous $337 million intensive learning support program that began in Term 1 of this year. It supported small tuition groups to learn from retired or casual teachers, university students, and tutors across all schooling levels. Perrottet said plans for the new tutoring initiative would …