This is according to basic education minister Angie Motshekga, who was answering the question “why reopen schools?” at a press briefing on Tuesday evening.
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She had earlier said that matric and grade 7 pupils would go back from June 1, with the rest of the school year to be gazetted “soon”. “I think all adults would say that schools are good for children. That's the bottom line: schools are good for children,” said Motshekga. “If you go to the township now, go to Soweto — kids being kids, as early as 9am they are playing in the streets. So if we're worried about distancing, kids are kids [and] have to play.Schools give them a structure: they wake up in the morning, wash, get taught for two or three hours, are fed, and go home with lots of homework. That’s what is good for children.”
Quoting from Unicef's framework for reopening schools, Motshekga further outlined the reasons for the reopening of schools.
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