While there is speculation that the government may close schools for two weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to make an announcement on Thursday on the matter.
Some of the other organisations that attended the meeting included the Governing Body Foundation, Governors’ Alliance, the South African National Association for Specialised Education and the Deaf Education Principals Association.
According to an impeccable source, a presentation by a subcommittee of the heads of education department committee , which met on Tuesday, said that schools should be shut. Last Saturday the five unions submitted a list of resolutions to Motshekga, calling for the immediate closure of schools until after Covid-19 infections had peaked.
“The nation is quite divided on the issue of closing schools, with some SGB associations not in favour of the closure, backed up my many educational specialists and political commentators,” saidHe said the union understands that the minister and cabinet will find it difficult “to get to the middle ground” based on reasons advanced by various role players.
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