Minister Angie Motshekga says the education system cannot be held back because of anxious parents, and says parents who hold their children back will have to re-apple to repeat the grade next year. | Day54ofLockdown
Johannesburg - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says parents who are anxious about sending their children back to school would not be forced to do so.
She said schooling had to resume and that the entire schooling system could not be held back based on "anxious parents". Parents who choose to keep their children at home would have to re-apply for the schools their children attended to repeat the grade, she said. The minister said teachers will be expected back at work on May 25. She said processes were underway to ensure that schools had water and sanitation. She assured parents that children would be screened upon entering schools.
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