The 16-year-old grade 9 pupil from Motsoaledi township in Soweto said his school did not give him any work to do during the lockdown. Covid19SA YoliswaSobuwa
Siphosethu Kwayimani has dedicated three hours a day to catch up with his studies through self-study. The 16-year-old grade 9 pupil from Motsoaledi township in Soweto said his school did not give him any work to do during the lockdown.
Siphosethu is one of many township pupils who have to self-study as they are not getting any work from their teachers, can't afford data or don't have smartphones.Nkabetse Chabalala, 10, a grade 3 pupil, said they were not given textbooks by their teachers. She shares a one-room shack with her mother and two siblings at Diepkloof Hostel."Our teacher told us to leave our textbooks [at school] because if it rains they will be wet.
Cosas national convenor Katleho Mangoejane said:"Many of our learners from disadvantaged backgrounds don't have access to the internet or other learningadmitted to tertiary institutions based on their September results."
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