Distance learning in basic and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic 9/22 Figure No. 1 Ways of involving pupils without an online connection in distance learning The above mentioned findings from basic and upper secondary schools show that the degree of involvement, or the proportions of uninvolved pupils, are mainly related to the two factors: lack of communication with legal representatives, which were among the main reasons for not involving primary school pupils, low interest of pupils in education, which deepens with increasing age (those pupils who are not even interested in regular teaching are not involved). In order to improve education in the future, it would be appropriate to focus on eliminating these two factors. On the contrary, the high proportion of pupils involved is related at least to: the ability to provide appropriate ICT equipment to pupils who, for some reason, do not have it at all or have to share it with their siblings, creative ways of involving pupils without any online connection or pupils with SEN. 4 Organization of distance learning Distance education meant fundamental changes of the organization of the educational process because the schools often had to choose completely different organizational forms than the usual and dominant frontal teaching, etc. Due to the massive use of digital technologies, changes in the organization of education also brought a high need for gaining new digital competencies, which wouldn´t be gained so easily by many teachers and principals in standard non-Covid conditions. This situation, of course, led to an increase in workload for most teachers and also to an increase in its complexity. During the first three weeks of the school closure, more than two fifths of principals said that education under the current conditions had been much more demanding for teachers compared to what they were used to. 0 %5 %10 %15 %20 %25 %30 %35 %ISCED 1ISCED 2ISCED 3Phone communication only(calls and SMS) - including a group chatwith a group of pupilsLearning materials were handed over on regular basis – handover of envelops without direct contactLearning materials were thrown intoa box - without direct contactConnection with a non-profitorganization or a social serviceHome-work was posted onthe school entrance