Bozzoli said the resumption was neccessary, particularly for Grade 7 and 12s.
The Democratic Alliance says, while it supports the Department of Education’s decision to reopen schools as the country grapples with Covid-19, it will be closely monitoring the implementation of plans to ensure they are ready, safe and clean.
She said they had studied literature and had found that children were less vulnerable to contracting the virus than an adults. Bozzoli said the resumption, particularly for Grade 7 and 12s, was necessary because the pupils needed to move up, with matrics needing their National Senior Certificates to proceed to tertiary education institutions.
“But to simply say that a school isn’t ready… how much readiness does it really need? It needs PPEs, so wait for that, it needs to reorganise classrooms, and it needs to educate teachers as to how they are going to train the learners.
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