Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse announced she would be holding a briefing on Monday to lay out “active steps to correct national Cogta rates and tariffs for affected educational institutions”.
The National Alliance of Independent Schools Associations is concerned about the unilateral manner in which Johannesburg reclassified independent schools as business entities, effective from July 1.
16 January 2021 - 15:39 Curro s 177 schools will remain open for now, the private school group said on January 16 2021. Image: Sunday World/Tshepo Kekana
Curro schools will continue to provide face-to-face learning next week despite the government announcement on Friday that the reopening of schools has been postponed until February 15.
Curro, the country’s largest private education provider, operated 177 schools last year.
In her announcement on Friday, deputy basic education minister Makgabo Reginah Mhaule said the decision to delay the new term because of surging Covid-19 infections “includes private schools that have reopened already. They will need to postpone their reopening to a later date.”
DBE delays reopening of schools by 2 weeks amid Covid-19 second wave
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Cape Town - With the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hitting South Africa with over a million infection cases and more than 35 000 deaths, the Department of Basic Education announced it would be delaying the reopening of schools by two weeks.
South African public schools were scheduled to reopen on January 27 while most private schools had already kick-started their 2021 academic year.
“Due to the impact of the coronavirus, the Council of Education in conjunction with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and Cabinet have taken the decision to delay the reopening of schools to February 15, in order to provide relief to the healthcare system,” said Deputy Minister Regina Mhaule.