Scots will learn if there is to be any changes to the current coronavirus lockdown rules in Scotland this afternoon.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to update MSPs at Holyrood on the health crisis, and set out any changes to the current restrictions.
The Scottish Cabinet will meet on Tuesday morning to make a final decision on a number of issues, including lockdown rules as well as the extension of school closures.
Speaking at her daily update on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon said she did not want to raise parents' expectations that schools will reopen next month.
Classes were moved to online learning for most pupils, with only those deemed vulnerable and the children of key workers attending in-person classes, after Nicola Sturgeon announced a return to lockdown in the New Year.
The second lockdown was initially scheduled to be in place until 1 February, but the government will discuss today whether this should be extended.
The decision will then be announced in the Scottish Parliament.
Despite positive movement in the number of cases of coronavirus reported in Scotland, the First Minister said it was not yet clear if lockdown, including the return of schools, could be lifted in Scotland.
She said: "We are seeing some positive signs from the numbers that lockdown is starting to stabilise things and hopefully starting to tip them into decline but transmission is still higher than we would want it to be.
"I'm not going to raise expectations about schools being back on February 1 but nor am I going to stand here and make assumptions about a decision we're not going to take until tomorrow."
She added that, "as soon as" a decision is made, she will announce it to Parliament at 2pm in the afternoon.
The First Minister underlined her commitment to ensuring that youngsters are able to return to school as soon as the virus is under control.
She said: "We want to get schools back as quickly as we possibly can, it is not in the interests of kids to be out of school for any longer than is absolutely necessary but community transmission has always been a key factor in these types of decisions."
