The chief activist of One South Africa Movement said that Minister Angie Motshekga's move to reopen schools in June was a rushed and half baked decision.
The chief activist of One South Africa Movement said that Minister Angie Motshekga’s move to reopen schools in June was a rushed and half baked decision.
Former DA leader Mmusi Maimane said that Basic Education Angie Motshekga’s announcement on Tuesday night to reopen schools on 1 June for Grade 7s, Grade 12s and small-sizes schools was a risky and dangerous gamble with the lives of the nation’s young people. Maimane, now a chief activist of One South Africa Movement said in a statement: “We fundamentally disagree with this seemingly rushed and half-baked decision.”to engage with South Africans, teachers, parents and school governing boards over the next 11 days on whether they support the move by Mothsekga to reopen schools.
Maimane pointed out the ‘major red flag’ where the education department missed its own deadline to deliver personal protective equipment and sanitisers for senior management to all schools by 18 May. The movement maintains the reopening of schools at this stage is a risk and danger to all learners, teachers and support staff.“This will allow every school sufficient time to implement a ‘roadmap to reopening’ – a checklist of prerequisites that must be satisfied before any school is declared safe to reopen,” Maimane said.Our proposal was sent to the minster and we believe it is a more reasonable approach.
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