Row rages on over opening of KZN schools

Durban - As Matric pupils and grade 7s prepare to go back to class on Monday, a fierce debate regarding the opening of the province’s schools rages with an urgent meeting with unions tomorrow to iron out their differences.

Tomorrow, a provincial steering committee chaired by the head of department, Dr Enock Nzama, and comprising members of management and unions, will meet to find a way forward. On the ground, The Independent on Saturday saw various degrees of preparedness while visiting schools around Durban this week. Lessons on Zoom will continue for the rest of the school’s 95 pupils. Masks and visors await all pupils.“The virus in biology, the make-up of the sanitisers in chemistry, and statistics of the cases in maths.”

“It’s not rocket science to do the screening, so we’ll do the best we can under the circumstances and learn as we go,” he said.

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