A group of 100 parents of children at public schools in and around Johannesburg have written to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to rethink the reopening of schools – and to reduce school fees. This is their letter.
We would like to commend you for all your hard work and for trying to also keep our children’s education on track. We write to you fully cognisant of the pressures you face. But, as a group of 100 parents from schools in and around Johannesburg, we have more questions than answers about the process of schools reopening. We hope that you will be able to engage with us.
If you cannot guarantee the safety of our children, then why reopen schools? We have awaited a letter, an e-mail or something that engages us as parents and stakeholders, but this has not been forthcoming, and your televised briefing did not cut the mustard.We have important questions about the social distancing and hygiene that needs to be done to keep our children safe.
On the question of social distancing, will there be a few people monitoring children all the time to ensure that social distancing is being adhered to, or are you saying that one teacher can successfully monitor 30 children in a classroom. And what about during break when children socialise? All you need for a clustered infection to break out is for one person to come to school, while not showing any signs of the disease, and infecting people unknowingly. They could amplify the outbreak when they get home and in turn infect families and the circles of their contacts.
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