Basic education department in talks on school vaccination plan
“Insofar as it affects learners in school, it was agreed that we need to increase the vaccination for everybody eligible. We have agreed to prioritise an advocacy campaign to encourage eligible people, both adults and learners of eligible age, to go get their jabs,” said Motshekga.
She said she had received “lots of reports” from parents who had heard that their children would be vaccinated without their permission.I did indicate that we will get their permission, but vaccination programmes are run by the department of health and not ourselves. If 12-year-olds go and present themselves at a health facility for vaccination, it is completely out of our control.
Motshekga also encouraged education personnel to get their booster shots and those who have not yet vaccinated to do so.Educators are caught between a rock and a hard place regarding vaccination “We are in trouble when it comes to learning losses and we would like to see as many of our kids full-time at school as possible. But that can only happen if we ensure that safety measures are there,” Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA, told the publication.At the briefing, Motshekga said rotational timetabling was here to stay for the time being.
She also said it was parents who ignored the publishing of closing dates and those who leave rural communities for big cities at the beginning of the year who require space at schools.
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