RTÉ is planning to broadcast an hour of 'school on TV' to support children and their parents at home. It is part of a cross-platform teaching initiative that is being pulled together by RTÉ at short notice with the support of the Department of Education.
It is hoped that the one-hour programme will begin on Monday 30 March. It will run from 11am to 12pm, Monday to Friday on RTÉ2, with a shorter "catch-up" segment later in the afternoon.
It will be aimed particularly at children in 1st to 6th class. The launch date carries the assumption that schools will not reopen before the Easter break.
The TV programme will be produced by an independent production company and will be presented - from a real primary school classroom - by teachers with