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Dr Felicity Coughlan is the director at The Independent Institute of Education
Dr Felicity Coughlan describes the impact that Covid-19 disruptions are having on our children and their educational journeys, cautioning society has a collective responsibility to act on the situation and harness new ways of thinking before itâs too late.
It is easy for middle- and upper-class South Africans with access to schools that can accommodate social distancing and other Covid-19 protocols to begin to believe that, on the whole, except for the inconveniences of screening, masks and sanitation, education is returning to normal. However nothing could be further from the truth, an education expert says.
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It is easy for middle- and upper-class South Africans with access to schools that can accommodate social distancing and Covid protocols to begin to believe that, on the whole, except for the inconveniences of screening, masks and sanitation, education is returning to normal. However nothing could be further from the truth, an education expert says.
“Those of us with means are called to focus on the cost – the long-term cost and impact – to the children in South Africa. It is not dramatic to say that for most of the children ‘regular’ schooling has yet to resume,” says Dr Felicity Coughlan, Director at The Independent Institute of Education, SA’s largest and most accredited private higher education provider.