The Directions in respect of the phased return to school, which are an amendment of the earlier versions, have since been published on 23 June 2020 in Government Gazette (GG No 43465).
The Directions are attached for ease of reference.
1. It is not expected that the demand for additional teachers due to social distancing will be significant, as the main constraint is the availability of classroom space. Schools will use various models to accommodate learners; all of them including alternate times / days / weeks attendance, depending on the context of a particular school. Therefore, the same number of teachers will be used ...
1. Reports received from the Provincial Education Departments indicate that school furniture has been planned and delivered as follows;
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PED |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
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|
Furniture |
Number of Schools |
Furniture |
Number of Schools |
Furniture |
Number of Schools |
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|
|
EC |
220099 |
1415 |
237250 |
1415 |
56 829 |
241 |
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|
FS |
43035 |
244 |
42560 |
185 |
82 102 |
245 |
|
|
GP |
168829 |
447 |
175260 |
763 ... |
The parliamentary question has been submitted to the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) for response and once the response has been received, then it will be forwarded.
More »Yes: The Department is constantly working towards aligning the curriculum to the demands of the 4th Industrial Revolution hence Robotics and Coding are being introduced. Marine Sciences and the Occupational stream for schools of skill, special schools and mainstream are being finalised. School communities where robotics and coding are currently piloted have welcomed the Department's direction, which is towards improving skills.
Since 1998, there have ...
(a) (b) In order to address social distancing protocols during the phasing in and full opening of school, provinces are providing mobile classrooms for additional spaces as well identifying additional spaces inside the school campuses and or around the school to address any additional needs for space. Provinces are also considering non-infrastructure solutions, which include 3 schooling models to cater for social distancing, These are:
Response to Parliamentary question 1044
(1)
EMIS data is captured at source level (schools) on the transactional system called the South African School Administration and Management System (SA-SAMS) and uploaded to the National Data Repository called the Learner Unit Record Information and Management System (LURITS) from which statistical reporting takes place. The LURITS has built-in validation rules to verify data. This system was opened ...
(a) and (b) The Department has sought and received advice from the Department of Health through the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 (MAC) on the medical conditions in children that place children at risk of severe COVID-19. Specifically, the MAC advisory is that children with well controlled asthma are NOT at high risk. Through the completed Learner Health Questionnaire that is submitted to schools, schools will be able to ...
More »(a) Details on the arrangements for the reopening of schools for children with special educational needs are encapsulated in the Directions that were published in the Government Notice signed by the Minister on 1 June 2020 as well as in the Department of Basic Education’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
(b) The dates and other details are contained in the afore-mentioned Government Notice.
In terms of current policy, as articulated in the Regulations on the Conduct, Administration and Management of the National Senior Certificate Examinations,15 (2), the candidate, unless otherwise stated, must respond to the question paper in the language of learning and teaching. Currently, at the Grade 12 level, the learner is either taught through the medium of English or Afrikaans. Hence, provision is currently made only ...