NATIONAL NEWS - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala and the province’s MEC for education Kwazi Mshengu will on Thursday assess the readiness of schools to reopen next week Monday.
The two will visit Sisebenzile High, Lihlithemba High, and Ubuhlebemfundo High in Ndwedwe, in the north of Durban.
Teachers and school management teams numbering close to 91,000 in the province are expected to go back to work on Thursday after the KZN Covid-19 command council postponed their return to schools “in order to ensure compliance with all the non-negotiables agreed between the minister of basic education” and other stakeholders.
“This included ensuring that all schools are cleaned and PPEs had been delivered to all schools,” the provincial government said in a statement on Wednesday.
The provincial government said the province has the largest education system with the highest number of matriculants, Grade 7s teachers and school management teams.
