Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will on Sunday elaborate on schools’ readiness to phase in extra grades on Monday as some unions are concerned this is still risky because Covid-19 infections are continuing to increase.
Sadtu’s national executive committee said in a statement yesterday it was “extremely disappointed” by the move to reintroduce extra classes as many schools were still experiencing infrastructural challenges. “The learners learn through play, experimentation and touching and this might compromise their safety and that of the teachers and caregivers. We urge the DBE to reconsider its position,” said Sadtu.
“We are also worried about the issue of space, because we found that there are schools where you found that Grade 7 or Grade 12 have occupied the whole school while we have not seen mobile classrooms being brought in to ensure social distancing,” said Cembi. “Given the challenges that we continue to face in our schools relating to particularly water and now the rise of infection, we think it would be better if we can be allowed to only bring grades 6 and 11 on Monday, and settle with them and, a week or two later, we then bring in Grade R so that we comply with the directives of the minister,” said Mshengu.
However, the Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools' chief executive Paul Colditz said children were safer at school from Covid-19.“It is better for the children to be at school than at home at this stage in all respects, and that is what the medical experts are saying. They are saying this very strongly. Irrespective of how many grades return at any given space there may not be more than 50 percent of children at school.
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