Schools
Mpumalanga Education Dept to take COVID jabs to schools from Monday
The department on Sunday said it would be facilitating the administration of COVID-19 jabs to pupils who are 18 years and older across the province’s schools.
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Naptosa concerned by increase in COVID infections at schools
Northern Cape schools have recorded more than 500 new cases over the past week while Eastern Cape schools have seen 400 new infections.
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Zikalala says he’s concerned about increasing COVID cases at schools
Zikalala briefed the media on Sunday amid an exponential increase in the number of infections in the province.
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Naptosa: Overcrowding at schools a key issue to increasing COVID cases
Concerns have been raised over new coronavirus cases in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape centres of learning and teaching.
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WCED: We are ready to welcome pupils, staff back to school on Monday
On Saturday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that the sector was ready to reopen schools depending on what President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his address on Sunday night.
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Motshekga: Estimated damage at schools in KZN, GP during riots around R300m
Motshekga was on Saturday speaking in Pretoria on the state on readiness for the reopening of schools for the third academic term.
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'Our best chance at fighting this pandemic': SA moves to alert level 4
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 27 June 2021 that the country will be moved to adjusted level 4 of COVID-19 regulations for 14 days as rates of infections make a concerning turn. #COVID19 #CyrilRamaphosa #Level4
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WC school admissions process for 2022 not over yet, says dept
The Western Cape Education Department on Thursday said that the 2022 school admissions process had not yet been concluded and is urging parents to be patient and calm.
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DBE prepares to get teachers jabbed ahead of pupils returning to school daily
From 26 July, pupils from grade R to 7 including those from schools for children with special needs will be returning to classes under the traditional timetable.
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DBE urges victims of bullying to report perpetrators to combat issue at schools
The nationwide anti-bullying campaign kicked off in Orange Farm on Friday ahead Of Child Protection Week, which runs from 31 May to 7 June, aimed at preventing the violent cycle of bullying in schools.
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Gauteng’s R431m schools disinfecting saga: SIU freezes providers’ accounts
It’s understood that hundreds of companies that appeared to have had no expertise or prior experience in the cleaning industry benefitted from the projects.
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DBE: Rise in COVID cases in schools reflects what’s happening in communities
The sector is calling on citizens to adhere to all health and safety protocols as the country experiences a surge in infections.
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DBE: Hard lockdown hampered progress of improving school infrastructure
The department said that one of the biggest challenges it faced during the hard lockdown was the fact that no construction could take place.
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Section27 reiterates demand for dept's plan to eradicate pit toilets at schools
The organisation is returning to the High Court in three weeks’ time to continue its fight for safe, dignified and sanitary school toilets in Limpopo.
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DBE: Contact & noncontact sports to resume at schools but without spectators
The changes have been gazetted.
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Motshekga: Teachers & pupils must adhere to schools’ codes of conduct
Motshekga has weighed in after a video emerged of a teacher forcefully combing pupils’ hair prior to them entering a school.
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More than 2,000 grade 1 and 8 Gauteng pupils still not placed at a school
The Education Department received over 200,000 applications through its online system.
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Teacher unions express mixed feelings about reopening of schools on Monday
The start of the 2021 academic calendar was pushed back last month by two weeks to deal with the rising COVID-19 cases.
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Gauteng schools ready to welcome pupils on Monday, says Lesufi
The opening of schools was pushed back by two weeks to deal with the rising coronavirus cases.
