Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed Scottish schools will reopen from August 11.
The First Minister said she expected all pupils to be back in full time education from August 18 at the latest.
In a statement to Holyrood this lunchtime, Ms Sturgeon confirmed classrooms would re-open in full rather than adopting a "blended" learning approach, which had once been proposed.
Every school will have to carry out a risk assessment and put in place enhanced hygiene and cleaning arrangements.
But primary school pupils will not have to stay physically distanced from each other.
However, as a precaution, secondary schools will be advised to encourage such measures among pupils.
Schools will also have a surveillance programme developed for the purpose of carrying out regular testing.
Staff will need to stay physically distanced from each other and, where possible, from pupils who are not part of the same household.
