As the pressure mounts for schools to close in South Africa during the peak of Covid-19 infections, education experts have weighed in on the debate, some saying it is complex, while others believed time lost could be made up for.
Maringe said the notion the entire academic year was “lost” was not a good reflection and mapping plans on what needs to happen in the coming years to catch up were most important. “There is unfortunately a narrative of losing and gaining, and I think that is not very helpful at all. What is important is first and foremost the health and safety of everybody involved in education.
He added there seemed, to some extent, to be people undermining the potential of others thinking of possible solutions beyond Covid-19, saying the cause was probably because of “disloyalty and undermining the intelligence and collective wisdom of our people in the country”. She added she also believed each province and hotspot needed to make its own decision at a particular time on whether or not schools should be closed.
She added decisions during this period needed to be localised, by, for example, schools, communities, and premiers of provinces. She added the World Health Organisation had been clear the best way of opening schools was part of a broad-based comprehensive strategy of low community transmissions.
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