As the country awaits direction on re-opening of schools, teacher unions don’t want principals ‘hijacked’

The unions were up in arms that school principals were being told to collect Covid-19 essentials, from the department’s offices, for their schools.

“Principals are only expected to receive the deliveries at schools, not collect from the education district offices. If there are districts that are asking principals to collect, that would not be the principle that was agreed upon,” he said. Naptosa provincial spokesperson Thirona Moodley encouraged school principals to stay at home and wait for their line managers to give them instructions. Moodley said the Harry Gwala education district had given instructions for principals to collect their essentials from the district offices, but there was no one there when the principals arrived on Saturday.

National Teachers’ Union president Allen Thompson said they had advised school principals not to start any work, since schools were not yet opened.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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