The department of basic education is proposing that the school timetable be rearranged to allow different grades to attend class on alternate days of the week or in alternate weeks.
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These are the three options the department's director-general, Mathanzima Mweli, put on the table during a virtual meeting with governing body associations and a principals' association on Sunday. The document he discussed is expected to tabled at a special meeting of the Council of Education Ministers on Monday, which would include basic education minister Angie Motshekga and the nine provincial education MECs. The CEM will consider progress made towards the reopening of schools.
Dr Faith Kumalo, the department's chief director for school health, did a presentation on comorbidities affecting teachers and how they planned to address this issue. The department had received guidance from the national health department about the risk factors for severe Covid-19.
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