Motshekga is expected to inform the nation on Thursday how and when the schools will be reopened.
Education rights groups Equal Education , the Equal Education Law Centre and Section 27 have asked Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to provide clarity and details about her plans when she publicly announces the phased reopening of schools.
“It has been over seven weeks since schools were first closed. While we understand that learners’ usual access to education has necessarily had to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the department is still required to ensure that the limitation on the right to basic education is reasonable and justifiable in terms of the Constitution,” the organisations said.
“Clear plans detailing the implications of and measures that will be put in place to support caregivers, teachers and pupils in circumstances where the department’s ‘non-negotiables’ for a school reopening have not been met.
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