Every parent should take a decision without shaming the next.
With the announcement of schools reopening, the opinions are flying in and flying in fast. Government is apparently irresponsible and there is no thought process in it all. This from the very same parents who want extended exercising times, surfing to be recognised as exercise, and for the ban of cigarettes and alcohol to be lifted. But all these measures are necessary to flatten the curve of Covid-19 infections in South Africa.
Reactions are bound to be emotional. When one considers that there is no conclusive proof that children are not carriers of the virus, to go back to school is a risk – but a part of me felt when the basic education minister said school was important that she was 100% correct. Correct because, for some children, school is safer than home.
The minister reminded us that in 2010, during the teachers’ strike, most pupils did not return to school, particularly from poorer households.
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