According to the MEC, Grade 6 recorded an attendance of 53%; Grade 7, 58%; Grade 11 over 61%; and Grade 12s an average of over 70%.
Grade R pupils in Gauteng have recorded the lowest attendance since reopening, MEC Panyaza Lesufi revealed during the weekly Provincial Command Council update on Friday.
Lesufi was providing an update on the status of schools since they opened their doors to Grade 7 and 12 pupils on 8 June – and Grade R, 6 and 11 on 6 July under Level 3 of the lockdown. “I think we are very fortunate that we have got 70% of learners that are attending Grade 12. So the 76% of educators slightly makes us to accommodate the number of learners that are available,” he said.In addition, as of 15 July, 1 977 of the province’s 2 131 public schools were open and 154 were closed due to infections.A total of 3 699 educators above the age of 60, who have underlying diseases and cannot report for duty, have also been reported to the department, Lesufi said.
He said, if the province was advised by experts and the national government to close, then it would do so.
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