The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has increased to 196 750 and a further 173 people have died, the health ministry said on Sunday. Covid19inSA CoronavirusPandemic level3 angiemotshekga
Grades 12 and 7 resumed schooling last month as part of a phased approach to resume classes which had been stalled for nearly four months.
"Since the return of the Grade 7 and 12 learners on 8 June 2020, two thousand, seven hundred and forty teachers, of the total number of about four hundred and forty thousand teachers, were infected by the virus. This is equivalent to less than one percent of the entire teacher population in our country. In the same period, one thousand, two hundred and sixty learners were infected by the virus.
North West Education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela said the province took that decision to avoid an influx of grades returning to school and to save lives."This is the safest approach as opposed to the inundation of all three grades at once. By so doing we are continuing to save lives of our learners in adjusting to the new normal", said MEC Matsemela.
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