Education sector unions and other stakeholders are calling on basic education minister Angie Motshekga to suspend schooling until after the Covid-19 peak, threatening to go on strike if she declines their request.
Some parents welcomed the reopening as they have had to juggle working from home and looking after their children during the national lockdown. Sadtu general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said the pandemic has led to “pandemonium in the education sector”. These included commitments to fumigate and disinfect schools; provide proper toilets; reduce class sizes; provide soap, sanitisers and masks; and screen pupils, teachers and support personnel.
National Teachers Union president Allen Thompson supported Sadtu’s stance and accused the department of downplaying the extent of positive cases at schools. “We are going to tell Motshekga that we are no longer prepared to compromise with our lives. If she doesn’t respond positively that schooling must be suspended, we will withdraw our members from school,” he said.
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