The basic education department says it will use the next two weeks to monitor where there is a need to employ additional teachers, as all grades have now returned to schools. | Sesona_Ngqaks
From Monday, grades 5 and 8, as well grades 4 and 5 at schools for pupils with severe intellectual disabilities, returned to the classroom.
Some grades returned for the first time since schools had to shut its doors in March due to Covid-19. Grade 7s and 12s returned from 8 June, but went on another break from 27 July, following concerns over the spike of cases. But concerns remained, with unions like the National Professional National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa , saying schools were still experiencing challenges with teachers and the replacements of those who have since had to leave the system due to comorbidities and others working from home.
Speaking during a handover ceremony of donations of sanitisers for schools from Onderstepoort Biological Products in Pretoria on Monday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the system had been operating fine and it was only now that they would start paying attention to where there was a need for additional teachers.Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga is this morning receiving donations of PPEs that will assist schools as they reopen for the final cohort of learners.
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