The Department of Basic Education is considering a number of options to help salvage South Africa’s school year after the country’s lockdown was extended by a further two weeks, the Sunday Times reports.
Some of the possibilities being considered include:
- Earlier starts to the school day;
- Evening and weekend classes;
- Scrapping “nonessential” parts of the curriculum in certain subjects;
- Scrapping the June and September school holidays.
Read more: South Africa considering options to save the school year – including scrapping holidays
Grade 12 pupils should be allowed to use the results of the September trial exams to apply for admission to universities next year.
This is the proposal of Professor Michael le Cordeur, head of curriculum studies at Stellenbosch University.
Usually, pupils use the mid-year examination results to apply for admission to universities and the September trial exams are normally used to gauge their performance ahead of the final matric exams.
But Le Cordeur thinks because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, provincial education departments and the department of basic education should reschedule the June exams.
Read more: Schools must make new plans for exams : Covid-19 Lockdown
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The Department of Higher Education (DHET) is preparing tertiary institutions for online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is one of the department’s plans to help the sector weather the viral storm, following the president’s announcement that the country is going into a three-week lockdown period from Thursday.
All universities and TVET colleges have already been ordered to shut down and are due to reopen on 15 April, according to Minister Blade Nzimande’s announcement on 17 March.
Read more: Higher education department prepares for virtual learning
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