Department of Education does not want students to continue with 'blended learning' longterm

The Department of Education does not want blended learning, a mix of students learning remotely and at home, to continue long term, the department’s most senior official has told an Oireachtas committee.

While the department is developing contingency plans in case schools may have to close again due to the virus, its main priority is to reopen schools as “fully, normally and safely as possible.”