Here are the key changes and announcements for schools in South Africa this week

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Here are the key changes and announcements for schools in South Africa this week
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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has launched the start of the 2022 school year, detailing the changes her department has planned for schools in South Africa.

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has launched the 2022 school year, detailing the changes her department has planned for schools in South Africa.

Below are some of the key issues that parents, students and educators should be aware of ahead of the school year.Despite ongoing concerns around the impact of the Covid-10 pandemic and lost teaching time, Motshekga confirmed that Covid-19 restrictions would remain in place at the country’s schools for 2022 as they were at the end of 2021 – including rotational time-tabling.

“The commission holds that rotational learning has a long-lasting negative impact on learning outcomes for children and, as the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 advice states, that the harms of learners attending school on a rotational basis – specifically the severe cognitive, nutritional, and psychosocial costs – exceed the benefits of reduced Covid-19 infections from smaller class sizes.

Motshekga said that ideally, vaccinations should be offered through schools to children over the age of 12. However, she said this is not yet possible as the Department of Health doesn’t have the necessary capacity. She added that the task team has been consulting historians, archaeologists, linguists, researchers, and academics to get input on the new curriculum.

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