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he Department of Basic Education says pupils at public schools will officially be back in class on 15 February 2021.
But private schools will be allowed to open two weeks earlier on 1 February, according to the Government Gazette.
The opening of schools was pushed forward by two weeks in light of Covid-19.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says pupils at public schools must be back in the classroom on 15 February, but private schools will be allowed to open two weeks earlier.
On Friday, the Department of Basic Education released a notice in the Government Gazette after Motshekga announced, on 15 January, that the opening would be pushed forward by two weeks in light of Covid-19.
The teaching candidates began working in December last year, but they are yet to be paid – despite reports that funds of up to R5 billion would be made available for the programme.
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NATIONAL NEWS - According to the Minister of Basic Education (DBE), Angie Motshekga, the department is ready for the 2021 school year. In a press conference this morning, 17 December, she spoke about the impact Covid-19 has had on schooling and the curriculum, and how the department intends addressing this going forward.
Three-year recovery plan
“We were clear in May that the impact of Covid-19 would have far-reaching implications; and that recovering from the effects of the pandemic would take place over a three-year period,” she said.
The three-year curriculum recovery plan will be rolled out from 2021 to 2023, and will include implementing the recovery annual teaching plans (ATP) in all grades (R to 12). The recovery ATPs are based on the trimmed curriculum used for 2020; but will include the learning losses that need to be recovered in each grade, based on the learning losses in the pre