Schools are not fit to reopen: Unions underline major challenges that affect most provinces and demand that the education department sorts these out before kids and teachers return to class
Unions underline major challenges that affect most provinces and demand that education department sorts these out before kids and teachers return to class
Also tomorrow, Mathanzima Mweli, director-general of the basic education department, will hold a meeting with the heads of provincial education departments to discuss related matters. There had been growing concern about putting teachers and pupils at risk of being infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus if they returned to schools by June 1.
Maluleke said North West had no money to appoint education support personnel, but the Western Cape and Gauteng could do so. "So, the minister did well to go and push for more work to [ensure compliance] rather than addressing the nation and demoralising all of us.
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