Schools will re-open on the 1st of June for Grade 7 and 12 learners after being closed for more than two months due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga made the announcement on Thursday evening at a joint media briefing alongside the Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Dr Blade Nzimande.
This is despite concerns on the increasing numbers of infections in big metros such as Tshwane, Johannesburg, Buffalo City, Ethekhwini and the City of Cape Town.
Announcing the department’s recovery plan, Motshekga said each province, district, circuit and school must have a practical and comprehensive catch-up plan to be implemented.
“The past few weeks have affected South Africans in many ways we have never experienced before. This, there has been an increase in anxiety and confusion in relation to the status of schooling, and when learners would be allowed to go back into
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