The Western Cape’s Department of Education has announced a significant improvement in student attendance after the conclusion of the eight-day taxi strike.
Additionally, 52 271 staff members, equivalent to 93% of the school workforce, resumed their duties this week. ‘While we are pleased with the increase in learner attendance, they are still a little short of normal levels, which should be closer to 92%. Now that the minibus taxi strike is over, we appeal to parents to please work with us and ensure that their children go back to school. We need our learners back in class so that we can work on getting them back on track,’ he said.
Dismissing rumours of a renewed taxi strike, Maynier highlighted the challenge posed by false information circulating about school closures and potential threats to educational facilities. He noted that, due to misinformation regarding the resumption of the taxi strike, some concerned parents had collected their children from school prematurely on Monday.
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