Cosas in Limpopo pupils march department of education in Polokwane to demand further adjustments to the 2020 educational programmes due to Covid-19. Picture: Twitter / @CapricornFMNews
Cosas threatened to shut down all private schools from Monday, after they were allowed to remain open when President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last week that public schools would close for four weeks. However, Montjane said that even if Cosas were to stage demonstrations outside private schools, it was unlikely they would find anyone at the premises because many teachers and staff were working remotely anyway.
He added that it was important for those complaining about private schools to note that they operated differently from government schools and have different calendars. “Here is the other reality, most independent schools are running a hybrid system , so going to a school to try shut it down is not closing the school because many teachers are working from home and students are at home, but at school.”
“The mere fact that government decided schools, both private and public schools, [should close] when they issued a state of national disaster. What is the excuse now? Why is government now only closing down public schools?” asked Ndlela.
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