Students will engage in 'blended learning'.
Primary schools students in Ireland will only go to school once a week if the 2m social distancing guideline remains in place in September.
While their secondary school counterparts will only attend two days in the classroom per week
Education Minister Joe McHugh said if the rule remains in place, students will engage in blended learning from home on the other days.
He said: “I want a common sense approach to reopening schools in September. Where possible, children and young people and staff should be far enough away from each other so they are not breathing on or touching each other and this will have to be accompanied by additional hygiene measures in schools.
“I want to be very clear with everyone around the impact of one-metre and two-metre social distancing in schools. At primary level the two-metre rule would mean almost all pupils attending school just one day per week. At post-primary level, this would mean most pupils attending schools two days during the week.”
He added that if the guideline was reduced to one metre, primary school pupils would attend for two-and-a-half days per week and for secondary school pupils, they would attend on a half-time basis
