Across the country, school management, education assistants and general assistants were expected back at school today while teachers were expected to return on February 1
23 January 2021, 11:26 AM | Angela Bolowana | @SABCNews
Image: SABC The Education Department says it has received complains about learners report cards being withheld.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted the new school regulations, which are likely to pave the way for private schools to open on the first of next month.
Earlier this month, government announced that public and private schools should delay opening by two weeks. There will soon be clarity on when private schools will open.
There was uncertainty about how the announcement would apply to private schools since some had already started contact classes. Public schools will resume classes on the 15th of next month.
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The executive director of the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa, Basil Manuel, told the Mail & Guardian that grade one should have been one of the classes to go back to school along with grade 12 because of how crucial the grade is.
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