Almost 60% of children have missed at least a week of school since September due to Covid

14% of children said they got no help whatsoever with their online studies at home throughout the pandemic. File picture: Naoise Culhane

Almost 60% of children have missed at least a week of school since last September as a result of Covid-19, according to new research by the Children's Ombudsman.

The survey also found that almost 80% of the children polled said the pandemic had some impact on their education, with 60% saying the public health emergency had had a huge impact on extracurricular activities.