Education expert says focus should be put on basics that need to be covered.
Children can be seen in class at the Olievenhoutbosch secondary school on their first day back at school since the beginning of the national lockdown to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, 8 June 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
Sadi Seyama, senior lecturer at the department of education, leadership and management at University of Johannesburg, said there was a need for education to be focused, especially with the crisis caused by Covid-19. The contents of the curriculum have been altered three times, causing teachers to cancel certain assessments and incorporate some into teaching time.
“This should concern us. We should also be concerned that there are still schools that haven’t opened at all since 18 March, as well as schools with insufficient personal protective equipment, sanitation supplies, or even running water,” Deacon said. Before schools closed on 27 July, teachers were inundated with queries from concerned parents who were worried about whether schools would open on the initial date, that was set for 3 August.
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