The plan for the reopening of schools, presented by Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu, was approved during an ordinary sitting of the provincial executive council.
The KwaZulu-Natal government has given its education department the go-ahead to reopen schools in a province that has the fourth-highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
They will be opened in a phased manner, starting with the return of the teachers on 25 May followed by pupils on 1 June. The plan to reopen schools comes amid calls by teachers’ unions for members to boycott classes over dissatisfaction with safety measures. “The executive council also believes that the future of our country, which is children and young people in general, must not be allowed to be mortgaged by Covid-19, which at this stage appears to become a permanent feature of our lives.
The council approved the Department of Health’s recruitment of 1,000 healthcare workers, including nurses, medical officers, physiotherapists, psychologists and other categories of staff.
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