Angie Motshekga says only grades 6 and 11 students are expected to go back to class on Monday
The department of basic education has revised its plans for the return of some learners to school, as government battles to restart the education sector amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Various teacher unions had expressed their reservations about the return of grades R, 6 and 11 to school on Monday, citing the increasing number of coronavirus cases and the lack of preparedness of some schools. The provincial education department in KwaZulu-Natal had also indicated it opposed the return of grade R.
The World Health Organisation says that children and adolescents are as likely to become infected as any other age groups and can spread the disease, but are less likely to get severe symptoms. In new research, Spaull and Van der Berg calculated that the risks of missed school, the lack of school meals, childhood anxiety and a lack of supervision far outweigh the risks of dying from Covid-19.
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