Some pupils across the region may have to return to home schooling in the coming days due to a high number of teacher absences through Covid.
However, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s education chiefs stressed that this will be for a short time only, and no pupils preparing for exams will be negatively affected.
Gillian Brydson, the council director of education and learning, wrote to parents last week informing them that remote learning may be necessary in some cases due to teachers being off work due to self-isolation rules.
