LUCAS LEDWABA
THE SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wants the department of basic education to provide information on all schools that are not ready to open and provide effective learning and also give reasons why that is the case.
The commission said on Tuesday it will also request for information on alternative measures instituted to ensure that learners whose schools cannot open under the COVID-19 regulations are not left behind as far as effective learning is concerned.
“The Commission will monitor schools throughout the country to ensure that effective learning takes place and that no learners are unduly disadvantaged by the inability of schools to open and provide learning,” the SAHRC said in response to Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga’s decision to postpone resumption of schooling to June 8.
Motshekga said on Monday that the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) received three critical reports from the National Education Collaboration
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