School closures come at a cost

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The latest, unscientific decision to close schools again won’t help poor students. Strategies must be identified to help learners stay in school

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on July 23, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that schools will close for a four-week period from July 27 to August 24 amid rising Covid-19 infections, but with exceptions. He declared that Grade 12 pupils will remain at home for one week, and Grade 7 pupils for two weeks.

The government’s decision to close schools is expected to have a profound impact on the educational and eventual occupational attainment of countless pupils. Debbie Schäfer, the Western Cape’s provincial minister of education, said, “I believe that this decision is going to cost South Africa dearly in the future, and it is once again the poor who are going to suffer the most.”

Pupils from higher socio-economic status households are able to adapt to remote learning with little or no interruptions during school closures. But this is not the case for pupils from poor households. These pupils are at increasedProfessor John Volmink, an educationist, said, “Every time a learner drops out of school, it impacts the fabric of our society.

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