Provinces across the country are not ready to reopen schools, and therefore no teacher should return to work this week, the SA Democratic Teachers Union said on Monday.
The union said many schools across the country had not been disinfected and did not have sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment.Provinces across the country are not ready to reopen schools, and therefore no teacher should return to work this week, the SA Democratic Teachers Union said on Monday.
“We care about the lives of the teachers, children and support staff in schools. To us 'one death is one too many'. We therefore cannot afford to be reckless at this stage of Covid-19,” said Sadtu in the Eastern Cape.The report indicated that by May 20, out of 1,621 schools in the province, 1,410 had not been cleaned and disinfected.Provincial secretary George Themba said the personal protective equipment supplied was not enough for employees expected to return to work on Monday.
Sadtu in the Western Cape claimed the basic education department had taken shortcuts with regard to cleaning of schools, scanning of teachers and the provision of PPEs. Union provincial secretary in KwaZulu-Natal, Nomarashiya Caluza, said the spread of the virus and the lives of teachers were at risk in the province.
“Sadtu is aware that workers are made to work for long hours as they offload deliveries from trucks, and are loading in their own cars to deliver to schools.
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