Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has warned that parents of school-age children face many more months of disruption.

Mr Cameron issued his warning after questioning the First Minister earlier today about what she meant by “blended” learning, which is the form of education the Scottish Government is prescribing for schools when they finally open again on 11th August.

“The primary objective has to be to keep our children safe. In her response to my question, Nicola Sturgeon said that social distancing at school would have to continue, and acknowledged that this would be very challenging for everyone concerned.

“Blending in-school learning with home-schooling is going to be very testing indeed, especially for families with one or both parents working.

"Government is going to have to invest a lot of time and effort in ensuring that the right educational support is in place and that all school-children can digitally access learning materials, which I fear is not the case at the moment.

“Minimising disruption for our children across the Highlands and Islands is going to be critical, as well as getting them back into the rhythm of school life after many months of absence.”