WILMOT JAMES: SA schools without a teaching alternative is not ideal
Interrupting schooling should never be done lightly, especially in a country with such a lack of digital connectivity
11 April 2020 - 08:00
SA sent 11.2-million school-going children home because of Covid-19. Only a compelling public health reason such as a pandemic can justify closing schools.
Children have a peremptory, constitutional right to primary and secondary schooling. Interrupting schooling should never be done lightly, especially in a country such as SA that has tragically struggled — without much success — to get even close to the achievements obtained by its peers in the developing world...
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