Catholic schools in Tasmania will remain open in term two but will move to online learning at home.
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The term will begin on Monday April 27.
Catholic Education Tasmania executive director, Dr Gerard Gaskin, said it was important all schools and colleges remained open "to serve the needs of all students".
"Schools and colleges plan to remain open from the commencement of term two, 2020 so that every enrolled student has the opportunity to continue learning either on site or at home," Dr Gaskin said.
"We do not expect parents to be teachers, only to supervise and support their childrens' learning in the home.
"We know that some parents, for any number of reasons, are unable to support learning at home. For this reason, our schools and colleges are open to any student who attends in person."
Catholic schools will provide students with a learning schedule and suitable learning activities, which may be delivered and completed online, offline, paper-based, or a combination of these.
Dr Gaskin said working-from-home arrangements would be reviewed fortnightly "to allow adjustments for supervision of students, particularly where it is expected that numbers will rise onsite for supervision the longer the government restrictions remain in place".
Sue Bailey
Sue works two days a week for The Examiner and The Advocate newspapers and and is based in Hobart. Loves any human interest stories!
Sue works two days a week for The Examiner and The Advocate newspapers and and is based in Hobart. Loves any human interest stories!
