Matric pupils said the delayed reopening will add pressure to their academic year. Image: Gallo Images/Darren Stewart
Parents and pupils have voiced their concerns about the basic education department’s decision to delay the reopening of schools due to the spread of Covid-19 infections across SA.
Matric pupils who haven’t started their final year said this would put more pressure on them when schools do reopen.
Deputy basic education minister Makgabo Reginah Mhaule announced on Friday that the reopening of schools would be pushed back by two weeks.
“Given the pressure experienced by the health system in the past few weeks, occasioned by increased Covid-19 infections which have led to the second wave, the council of education ministers (CEM) in conjunction with the national coronavirus command council and cabinet have taken the decision to delay the reopening of both public and private schools by two weeks. This includes private schools that have alr
JONATHAN JANSEN | Schools should absolutely not reopen in lockdown level three Government does not prioritise children and teachers. If it did, thousands of training hours would not be ashes
Officially, about 2,000 teachers have died of Covid-19. Think about that.
Let us assume that it took four years to train each of them, the basic duration of an education degree (BED) or a three-year general Bachelor’s degree, with an additional year of teacher training (PGCE). Older teachers might hold a certificate of two or three years, but consider that washed out by the many hours of in-service teacher training during the course of a career. So four years it is, and for 2,000 teachers that means these deaths count as 8,000 years of teacher training lost in one year because of the pandemic. For an education planner, that staggering loss of teaching expertise is a disaster; for the families of the deceased, the loss is an unfathomable tragedy. Should schools reopen as scheduled?..
Schools should absolutely not reopen in lockdown level three Government does not prioritise children and teachers
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Gujarat schools have reopened today for classes 10, 12 after a gap of 10 months. The schools have been instructed to follow all COVID19 guidelines imposed by the centre.
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