The MEC says his department will trace whether the first recorded deaths due to Covid-19 between the ages zero to nine and 10 to 19 were of school pupils.
Gauteng MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi has said the province remains confident that its schooling environment remains “quite safe” in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On the reopening of schools, Lesufi said the decision to do so was informed by expert advice from those within the health sector, adding that the decision to close schools rests with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Lesufi added that should experts advise that schools should be closed, then the province would do so.
He said the province “strongly” believes that schooling environment is a controlled one which makes it safe for learners.A concern for the Gauteng department of education was that 30% of the province’s matriculants could not be accounted for because they were either not at school or had not registered to study online.He said 154 schools across the province have reported cases of Covid-19, reiterating that the schooling environment remains “largely safe”.
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