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Earlier this year, teachers with comorbidities were asked to work from home to reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.
FILE: A teacher disinfects the hands of a student returning to Olivenhoutbosch Secondary School on June 8, 2020. Image: Gauteng Provincial Government.
JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said Sunday that all teachers who were granted permission to work from home during the national lockdown should return to the classroom on Monday.
Teachers with comorbidities were asked to work from home to reduce their risk of contracting COVID-19.
The DBE said that now that the infection rate seemed to stabilize in the country, all teachers should return to the classroom.
“We expect that 22,500 teachers who have been working from home at levels 4, 3 and 2 will now have to work at the school where they have worked,” said department spokesman Elijah Mhlanga.
“If they feel that they are not well, they are advised to apply for sick leave using the appropriate channels they know,” he added.
The Department of Basic Education would like to advise all teachers who were granted permission to work from home due to COVID-19 to report for work on Monday, September 21, 2020.#BackToSchoolSA pic.twitter.com/9BhtBASLvM
– Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) September 20, 2020
Mhlanga urged schools to continue using substitute teachers.
“We encourage schools to return them if possible [and] if they can afford it and the budget is available. Or use them in other possible ways after the other teachers have returned to school, ”he said.
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