The SAHRC was among those that supported pupils' return to school, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. Picture: Jacques Naude / African News Agency Teachers’ unions have reportedly proposed that matrics return to school on 17 August and that other grades return on a later date, subject to the evolution of the novel coronavirus.report, the resolution by the country’s five unions that schools close amid a peak in Covid-19 infections was included in a document Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga tabled at a meeting with the CEM on Saturday.
Department of Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga told News24 on Sunday that Motshekga was still locked in a Cabinet meeting following her meeting with the CEM on Saturday. They reportedly resolved that the department engage with its counterpart, the Department of Higher Education, to consider late registration for first-year tertiary students, and implement innovative ways to feed pupils who relied on the school feeding programme.News24 reported on Friday that, while unions and principal associations were calling for a complete closure, the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools was of the view there was no need for a shutdown.
The federation’s CEO, Paul Colditz, told News24 it was of the view there was no need for a closure because no one knew when the peak would end.
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