Schools Must Be Turned Into Vaccination Sites – SADTU

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said it will engage government and the Minister of Science, Higher Education &Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, to address the vaccination of the entire schooling sector.

Sadtu called for vaccination to be spread to as many people as possible including educators in the Early Childhood Development, Community Education & Training (CET) and Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sectors.

“While the NEC appreciates the progress the department of basic education vaccination programme has had, it cannot fully rejoice the vaccination programme when thousands of educators are not part of the programme.

“Vaccination needs to be spread to as many people as possible to mitigate the devastating effects of this pandemic to save lives and livelihoods,” said Sadtu General Secretary Mugwena Maluleke.

The Sadtu meeting took place a few days after the country was placed under adjusted level