This is as government continues to open up learning and industries to help the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

However, parents are concerned about the safety of their children as COVID-19 cases rise.

Reopening of schools: Dates announced for other grades

The Department of Basic Education says they're doing what they can to ensure measures are taken to keep pupils safe from the virus.

“We have been doing a lot of work to prepare for the next cohort of learners that are coming back on the 6th of July. It's a large number. It's about six million of them who are coming back. Provinces have been focusing on the preparations,” Department of Basic Education spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, said.

Mhlanga said the department was concerned about the Eastern Cape and Limpopo, especially on the provision of water.

These are grades that are expected back on 6 July, according to the Government Gazette on the reopening of schools:

Early Childhood Development (ECD);

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 6

Grade 10

Grade 11

School of Skills: Years 2 and 3

Schools for Learners with Severe Intellectual Disabilities (SID): Grades R, 1, 2, 3 and 6; and

Special Care Centres for Learners with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities  (LSPID): Years 1-3

The last phase of grades is expected back on 3 August

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 8

Grade 9

School of Skills: Year 1; and

Schools for Learners with Severe Intellectual Disabilities  (SID): Grades 4 and 5

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