South Africa
#CoronavirusSA: Dates announced for other grades' return to school─── 10:04 Sun, 31 May 2020
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has released the dates for all grades to go back to school.
Previously she announced that Grade 7 and 12 pupils will start on Monday.
Motshekga has gazetted regulations for the re-opening of schools and early childhood development.
They will be followed by early childhood development centres, and grades R, 3, 6,10, and 11 on the 6th of July.
On August 3, a month after the initial back-to-school date, grades 4, 5, 8 and 9 pupils will return to school.
Meanwhile, some teachers unions, students, and pupils association still say schools are not ready to accept pupils.
Schools have been closed for two months.
