The longer schools stay closed, the higher the risk that pupils might never go back, the basic education minister warned on Tuesday.
“If you go to the township now, go to Soweto — kids being kids, as early as 9am they are playing in the streets. So if we're worried about distancing, kids are kids [and] have to play.Schools give them a structure: they wake up in the morning, wash, get taught for two or three hours, are fed, and go home with lots of homework. That’s what is good for children.”, Motshekga further outlined the reasons for the reopening of schools.
“We have history around that. In 2010 when there was this long teachers’ strike, [many] of our learners, especially teenagers, didn't come back,” added Motshekga.she continued: “Children from the poorest households are already almost five times more likely to be out of primary school than those from the richest.
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