Parents anger over fees as school delayed for two weeks
By Tanya Waterworth, Duncan Guy
Jan 16, 2021
Share
Durban - Parents have questioned the need to pay school fees for January, while teachers questioned the need to be at school before their learners.
This followed yesterday s announcement on the delay of schools opening by two weeks to February 15, by the Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Reginah Mhaule.
Mhaule said that the calendar for the school year had been revised to schools no longer opening on January 27 to February 15, due to the current wave of Covid-19 sweeping the country.
The fortnight delay was decided after consultation this week with the Council of Education Ministers, the Heads of Education Departments Committee, the national School Governing Body associations, teacher unions, learner formations and principals’ associations, as well as national associations representing independent schools.