Tasmanian Association of State School Organisations president Nigel Jones said more parents were removing their children from school each day in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

He said students at home were being sent educational material to ensure their learning was not majorly disrupted.

"And I know that the department is working feverishly to make sure that if there is a time when schools shut, they will have a learning program to continue with," Mr Jones said.

He said if schools were to close and education was to be delivered within the home, a small amount of children would be impacted.

"We'd want to make sure the department is catering for those students with access to the internet and laptops so they weren't missing out on the curriculum," Mr Jones said.

He said it would be easy to adapt a learning program for the earlier school grades.

"Where they's a will, there's a way," Mr Jones said.

An Education Department spokeswoman said the department recognised parents and carers were best placed to take appropriate action on school attendance during unprecedented times.

"They may have a range of reasons for not sending their children to school in light of COVID-19," she said.

"The vast majority of students continue to attend school and it is possible that Individual schools may be talking to their students and families about computers at home to get a gauge on it provisions for the possibility of online learning."

Former Australian Education Union state president Terry Polglase said in many cases, children may be unsupervised or at the homes of friends, neighbours and grandparents.

"We now have classrooms that consist of students with abilities ranging from special needs to the gifted and from the disinterested to the self-motivated," he said.

"Classrooms are no longer streamed so all ability levels need engagement and personalised strategies."

Mr Polglase said questions remained on how work would be monitored, collected and marked as well as how teachers would engage with students.