In a statement released on Saturday the department said: “We want to indicate that we view this as an instigation to destabilise the education system and, secondly, disregarding the Covid-19 regulations of gatherings.
The KZN education department says it is concerned about calls by SGBs to keep children away from school.A call by some school governing bodies for parents to keep their children at home has been slammed as “unconstitutional” by the KwaZulu-Natal education department.
It is understood that governing bodies in Phoenix, north of Durban, were to meet on Saturday to discuss issues related to Covid-19. In a statement, the school governing bodies said they strongly believe that their schools should remain closed until the virus has reached a peak and the number of cases starts to decrease.
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