Why aren't teachers providing lessons by Skype?

[Folicky]

If schools are to close, which they will eventually, why don't they teach the lessons via a video link / Skype? At the moment, as I understand it, if schools close, parents - many of whom will be working from home - will he expected to home school their children. How is that going to work?

We have 2 laptops- 1 I need for work, the other they are taking in turns to download work etc. Online live teaching would be totally impossible for us
This is such an important point. This online schooling has to be provided in a way that all can access. There are just so many reasons why online live streaming of lessons is a bad idea. Not least because it's not very effective.