No further teaching and learning can be disrupted given how COVID-19 has already thrown schooling into disarray. Grade 12s are writing prelim exams from Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - The Basic Education Department said any further disruptions to schooling will not be tolerated.Law enforcement agencies said they have also put measures in place through the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure.“It’s an important day for our learners who are in matric.
We have been battling to manage COVID cases in schools and any further disruptions are not going to be acceptable,” said Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga.“A different set of messages is also doing the rounds where people are mobilizing to respond to the supposed shutdown. The public is urged not to respond to calls for violence and criminality,” said the police's Mathapelo Peters.Download the Eyewitness News app to your iOS or Android device.
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