Sadtu calls for the closure of schools - The Mail & Guardian

The union said the resolution to close schools was taken during a special meeting of its national executive committee, which sat on Tuesday, to discuss the spike of the virus.

He said, for example, in the West Rand in Johannesburg last week there were 40 schools that had fewer than 4% of their usual learners present, with 38 of these schools then closing because of positive cases. “We must first deal with the health issue: we must make sure that the infections are reduced, the infections are avoided; we can prevent the loss of life, and then we can go to the other issues that need to be addressed.”

Motshekga added that international and local evidence about losing school time — because of natural disasters, for example — leads to learners forgetting what they have previously learned.

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