Seven ACT public schools have sent some classes to remote learning this week as high levels of illness sweep through the education system.
Kingsford Smith School years 7 and 8, Lanyon High School years 9 and 10 and Namadgi School years 9 and 10 are scheduled to be learning at home until at least Friday.
Two senior classes at Malkara specialist school are also remote learning this week.
Macgregor Primary School kindergarten to year 2 students are expected to be at home until Wednesday.
Kindergarten to year 3 at Margaret Hendry School were expected to have their last day of remote learning on Tuesday.
Parents of year 3 to 6 students at North Ainslie Primary School have also been advised their children will be switching to remote learning from Wednesday.
All students at the school will have a pupil free day on Tuesday because of a scheduled staff planning day.
Association of Independent Schools of the ACT executive director Andrew Wrigley said non-government schools were also using remote learning for some classes as needed.
"It's a huge challenge for schools, no matter what sector," he said.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the ACT has not been publicly available in the past three days because of technology problems.
Last week, the Legislative Assembly passed a motion for the ACT government to provide data on the number of teachers required in the next six years and a plan to fill the shortage of educators.
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