Matric exams: Department of Education scraps June tests for Grade 12
The basic education department announced, on Wednesday, that the time usually dedicated to the matric june exams will be used to catch up on the 2021 curriculum instead.
Grade 12 learners across South Africa will not be writing examinations in June, the Department of Basic Education announced on Wednesday, 2 June. This is in order to make up the learning time lost by matric students due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
RECOUPING LOST CURRICULUM TIME BY SCRAPPING MATRIC EXAM
Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga told the portfolio committee that the department wants to keep matric learners in classrooms for as long as possible because of the impact of the pandemic on teaching and learning.
NAPTOSA: Teachers Should Be Next on the Vaccination List
Jun 01, 2021
By Naadiya Adams
Primary schools are set to return to full-time attendance by the end of July according to the Department of Basic Education. This week, Minister Angie Mosthekga gazetted the latest lockdown regulations for schools.
The gazette coincided with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to move the country to level 2 lockdown amid the rise in infections and subsequent third wave. The President updated the country on the status of the vaccine roll-out, which is currently in phase 2 and is set to fully vaccinate the country’s senior population by October.
‘Prioritise us for vaccination’, say teacher unions 01 June 2021 - 16:24 Teacher unions call on the basic education department to prioritise teachers for the Covid-19 vaccine before primary school pupils go back to school on a full-time basis. Image: PAYLESSIMAGES/123RF
With primary school pupils returning on a full-time basis from next month, teacher unions have asked to be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccination.
They also want the basic education department to monitor the third wave of coronavirus infections before pushing ahead with the decision to fully reopen primary schools in six weeks’ time, even though they said the decision to return full time is the right one.