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To be sure, the past year has been tumultuous for both students and teaching staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape Department of Education said there were plans to ensure that schools could re-welcome students.
The schools are scheduled to reopen on January 27.
To be sure, the past year has been tumultuous for both students and teaching staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of teachers across the country have succumbed to the dreaded virus.
Bronagh Hammond of the department said that at the end of last year, 56 of them died in that province.
“So far, we have had 56 deaths, nine non-teaching staff and eight office workers. That’s 73 in all. “
To address vacant teaching positions, he said schools can rely on substitute teachers and that teaching assistants would help too.
As for whether schools are ready for the 2021 school year, Hammond said health and safety protocols would remain in place and that much depended on regulations that might be announced when the president addresses the nation again.
“The biggest problem for schools is the temporarily revised educational plan; that’s where you decide how many students you have in a school, how to keep it safe while maintaining teaching and learning. “
He adds that managing admissions in these circumstances will also be challenging.
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