The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) wants schooling to return to normal.
MEC Debbie Schafer has called for the one-metre social distancing rule to be scrapped to allow more pupils to attend class.
She explained that only about 12% of the province’s primary schools could comply with COVID-19 guidelines.
She said that there was strong and mounting evidence to suggest that the learning losses that children were suffering were devastating and would have long-term negative consequences.
The MEC said that another area of concern was that many learners were not able to access the feeding programme as often as they should and that the on-off attendance at school was contributing to a higher dropout rate.
-EWN
In other news – VIDEO: SA rich kid drives Porsche to school
Yesterday was the first day of school for many Mzansi learners and the day was quite eventful as always. A Grade 12 learner is currently trending on social media after she posted on Instagram how she is showing up to school.
The leaner who goes by the username @Yanda.Woods took to social media to show off that she was driving to her first day of matric with a Porsche, carrying a Christian Dior bag for her books and wearing Louis Vuitton shades. Learn More