Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that her department was trying to address this with the help of departments like social development.
Children will be heading back on a full-time basis after last week's Cabinet decision ended rotational learning.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motsheka will gazette the changes to school timetables, which means rotational school learning will come to an end.
The new regulations were gazetted overnight, bringing an end to rotational learning in schools after almost two years.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that they were lobbying for schools to return to full operation.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, along with Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, visited Phomolong Secondary School in Thembisa on 25 January 2022. The visit comes after the school's deputy principal Thembisile Ngendane was shot and killed as she was leaving the school last week.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that she knew and had previously met Thembisile Ngendane during a visit to the Tembisa school.
The number of matric candidates who have qualified for admission to bachelor studies at universities has gone up by 21.4% from the previous year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that all hands needed to be on deck as this year's matric class continues to face pandemic speed bumps.
The 2021 National Senior Certificate overall pass rate stands at 76.4%, an improvement of 0.2% from 2020.
About 30 matric pupils and their guardians were invited to breakfast with Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga in Houghton, Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that over the next few days officials would be able to see where children without schools could be placed.
The Basic Education Department is hoping to clear the backlog in Gauteng by the end of this week when it will be able to see where there are openings.
Rotational learning is continuing at some schools because of a lack of space and capacity to abide by COVID-19 protocols which includes social distancing.
The Basic Education minister said that while children were back in the classroom in inland provinces, negotiations were continuing to reduce the COVID-19 regulations in schools, requiring children to be separated by up to a meter.
Schools in inland provinces reopen on Wednesday, while pupils in the rest of the country go back to class from next week.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is briefing the media on the reopening of schools for the 2022 academic year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to hold a media briefing on Tuesday morning regarding the opening of schools for this year.
