From social distancing to vaccinations — here are five key things to know as schools reopen

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The minister said regulations will remain in place to ensure the safety of staff, pupils and teachers and minimise their chances of contracting and spreading Covid-19.

The minister said the department, with the help of private companies, had made significant progress in building new schools, developing infrastructure and eradicating pit latrines in schools in rural areas.

“We have encouraged schools able to accommodate pupils with reduced social distancing of a metre to do so to make sure we can bring back as many pupils as possible. We presented a submission last year where we wanted the space to be reduced to 0.5m,” she said.The Department of Health in partnership with school governing bodies will intensify vaccination programmes for children aged between 12 and 17 years.

“If 12-year-olds present themselves at health facilities for vaccination, it is completely out of our control. Our preference is that parents will work with us to motivate and support pupils to vaccinate,” said the minister. Motshekga said directives that prohibited parents from attending school activities at the height of the pandemic were being amended to include them in children’s developmental activities.

 

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Rotational timetabling is setting our children back even further! This needs to stop. The children are not social distancing on the days when they are not at school and the teachers are vaccinated so where is the logic to the 'keeping everyone safe' reasoning?

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