Section27 said that the provincial and national education departments had indicated all Limpopo schools would only have safe toilets between 2028 and 2030.
The Department of Basic Education said that it was investigating the possibility of returning all pupils at primary school level due to the learning losses suffered as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The department said this may be on the cards in the second term due to the severe learning disruptions suffered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
These exams are open to those pupils who did not pass matric in 2020 and those who are not satisfied with their results.
The Basic Education Department said that through the programme, nearly 26,000 school governing body-funded posts were saved.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said said that the group demonstrated the resilience of the system which withstood administering exams under tough conditions.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is announcing the results of the 2020 national senior certificate examination results.
The leak of the Maths Paper 2 and Physical Science Paper 2 exams brought the integrity of the 2020 National Senior Certificate exams into question.
Learners in public schools In January, the department announced a two-week delay in the school calendar following an increase of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The Basic Education Department has received reports from destitute parents saying that they could not register their children because they could not afford school fees.
Teachers around the country were grieving the loss of colleagues while anxiously preparing for the return of pupils amid the second wave of COVID-19.
Lesufi visited Helpmekaar Kollege in Johannesburg earlier following reports that the independent school would be operating on Monday in contravention of the new guidelines.
The DA said instead of halting schools for two weeks, the department should use the time to equip schools with proper COVID-19 resources.
More than 300,000 assistants were recruited nationally to start work from December to March this year as part of government's R7 billion project.
Treasury says provinces must pay teacher assistants who weren't paid December salaries, but the national Basic Education Department says Treasury made funds available.
South Africans will be eagerly waiting to hear what Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has to say when she addresses the nation on Friday around her department’s plans to reopen schools.
Naptosa's executive director, Basil Manuel, said that education unions would be meeting with the Basic Education Department this week to track progress ahead of the reopening of schools, slated for 27 January.
The matric marking process rolls into the second week today, where more than 45,000 assessors have been hard at work at 177 centres nationwide.
