According to the document, school management teams , including education assistants and general assistants and non-teaching staff, must report for duty on January 25.
In their joint written submission to the draft directives, both the South African Democratic Teachers' Union and the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa recommended that SMTs should report for duty on February 8 and teachers on February 10. “Most classes at our primary schools are overcrowded, which makes social distancing impossible. In addition, learners are returning from holiday and have encountered numerous people during this time,” the submission reads.
“We call on the minister to reflect on schools in the townships and inner cities that don’t even have playgrounds. Learners and teachers at primary schools also have comorbidities.
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