Primary students spent just two hours per day on studies when home-schooled

A large majority of students felt they learned less at home, an NUIG study found. File Picture.

Most children at both primary and secondary level said they learned less at home during the period when schools were closed earlier this year, and parents seemed in broad agreement that home-schooling didn't work.

The findings are contained in a major new study by researchers in the School of Education in NUI Galway which features input from 2,733 parents, 896 primary school-aged children, and 293 secondary school students.