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FILE: It added that this policy, under COVID-19 regulations, only allows each pupil to attend class 50% of the time. Picture: 123rf.com

Schools reopening

DA heads to court to force govt to allow pupils to return to school full time

By Shamiela Fisher

The party there was no justification to continue with rotational learning.

  • Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer interacting with pupils as schools open for the new academic year on 19 January 2022. Picture: Kaylymn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    Over 3,000 pupils yet to be placed in WC as academic year kicks off

    Wednesday is the first day of a fresh school year with over one million pupils returning to class in the province.

    118 days ago
  • FILE: And while the dispute has nothing to do with education, some community members have chosen to use the schools as a soft target and bargaining tool. Picture: freeimages.com

    Threats to teachers delay reopening of 11 schools in uMkhambathini

    The department said classes at 11 schools in the uMkhambathini area were now expected to resume on Thursday.

    119 days ago
  • Minister Motshekga monitors the reopening of primary schools

    On 3 August 2021, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga visited schools in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, to monitor the reopening and readiness of primary schools.

    287 days ago
  • MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Panyaza Lesufi/Twitter

    Education MECs across SA visit schools as term three kicks off on Monday

    Winter holidays were abruptly brought forward last month due to the third wave of COVID-19 infections.

    295 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gave an update on her department's preparedness for the next phase of teaching and learning on Saturday, 24 July 2021. Picture: Screengrab

    DBE ready to reopen schools, will take cue from President’s Sunday address

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said the sector is ready to open schools depending on what President Cyril Ramaphosa says during his address to the nation on the alert level 4 lockdown on Sunday.

    297 days ago
  • Picture: @ECDOEZA/Twitter.

    Pupils across SA return to class as term two kicks off

    With COVID-19 protocols still in place, lessons are still being split to ensure adequate social distancing.

    380 days ago
  • FILE: A pupil has his temperature taken at the Iphuteng Primary School in Alexandra, Johannesburg on 24 August 2020. Picture: @educationgp/Twitter

    Naptosa: Government not adequately addressing COVID-19 safety in schools

    The Basic Education Department has assured South Africans that measures have been put in place to address the potential spread of COVID-19 in schools.

    380 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS.

    FULL SPEECH: Angie Motshekga on SA schools' readiness for start of academic year

    Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Sunday briefed media on the state of readiness for public schools, which were expected to officially reopen on Monday following a two-week delay.

    457 days ago
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    Zikalala: KZN ready to start 2021 academic year

    COVID-19 essentials, stationery and textbooks had already been distributed to most of the province’s over 6,200 schools.

    468 days ago
  • FILE: The WHO said research had begun looking at the factors that may put children at risk, the long-term health effects on those infected, and the impact of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. Picture: 123rf.com

    School closures still 'last resort' despite variants: WHO

    The debate on shutting schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revived by the emergence of more contagious virus mutations.

    482 days ago
  • FILE: A classroom at the Ga-Rankuwa Primary School, north of Pretoria, on 26 May 2020. Picture: @Lesufi/Twitter.

    ANC MPs want teachers to be among the first to get COVID-19 vaccine

    But when schools reopen in February and when the first vaccines arrive, the ANC wants teachers to be prioritised like other frontline workers.

    483 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    CINDY POLUTA: Parents are tired. But we must accept that life sucks right now

    Perhaps we should be changing our mindsets altogether when it comes to living through a pandemic, writes Cindy Poluta.

    483 days ago
  • Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi and Helpmekaar Kollege principal Klaus König on 18 January 2021. Picture: DBE.

    Private schools are not breaking the law by reopening - Isasa

    Some independent schools had already started with teaching and learning last week when the Department of Basic Education announced that schools would only reopen in mid-February.

    484 days ago
  • ‘Our decisions are expert-driven’ - Lesufi at Helpmekaar Kollege after school reopening confusion

    Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited Helpmekaar Kollege in Johannesburg on Monday after reports that the school had begun classes after the announcement that all schools would delay reopening until 15 February 2021. #COVID19 #GautengEducation #PanyazaLesufi #SchoolsReopen

    484 days ago
  • FILE: Teacher unions have expressed mixed feelings about the department’s announcement on the reopening of schools, saying some new guidelines had left them confused. Picture: freeimages.com

    DBE accused of showing little regard for the lives of teachers

    They say while an agreement was reached to push back the return of pupils, they were never consulted about the early return of school management teams and teachers.

    487 days ago
  • 2021 school reopening to be delayed by two weeks

    Deputy Minister of Basic Education Reginah Mhaule briefed the media on Friday on the state of readiness by the Basic Education Department. The deputy minister announced that due to increased COVID-19 cases, schools had to delay reopening by two weeks.

    487 days ago
  • FILE: Public school teachers are expected back at work on 1 February while pupils are set to return on 15 February. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Private schools that opened this week urged to close & reopen in Feb

    Some pupils in private schools returned to the classroom on Wednesday for the start of the 2021 academic calendar.

    487 days ago
  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Dept confirms reopening of schools postponed by two weeks

    Deputy Basic Education Minister Reginah Mhaule said that the Council of Education Ministers together with Cabinet had taken a decision to postpone the reopening of schools for both private and public schools.

    488 days ago
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