SADTU accepts classroom assistants idea
Two education stakeholders say they are not opposed to the introduction of classroom assistants that would facilitate lesson plans for teachers that need to be working from home due to covid-19 vulnerability.
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Community leaders demand whole village get tested for Covid-19
A covid-19 cluster outbreak in a school in Mount Frere causes panic in the Eastern Cape and teachers union calls for schools to be shut down in the province.
Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the […]
Parents shut down schools in Khayelitsha
The WCED has condemned the shutting down of schools by parents demanding that the schools be deep cleaned after teachers test positive for covid-19.
How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan
When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]
20 confirmed Covid-19 cases in E Cape schools
Just in one week of schooling, the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has confirmed that 20 people have tested positive for covid-19.
KEF says it’s still unsafe for learners to return to schools
The KEF says that the Western Cape Education Department has no plan to deal with COVID-19 as the schools re-open while shifting responsibilities to schools.
What about the kids? COVID-19 also puts children’s rights at risk
When the editors of Nature magazine first used the term ‘coronavirus’ in 1968, they probably never, not even in their wildest dreams, imagined that the concept would become […]
Parents picket against school re-opening
When the Minister of Education announced last week that Grades 7 to 12 learners would be returning to school from 1 June, Bishop Lavis Action Committee sounded the alarm that schools were not ready and called for a boycott.
In one of the most religious countries in the world, Nigerian churches and mosques have joined the fight against the coronavirus
On a Sunday morning in April, the rising sun casts shadows over St Dominic’s Catholic Church in Yaba, a lively neighbourhood in the biggest city […]
Fuelled by social media, in India Muslims are “a convenient scapegoat” for the coronavirus
At the end of March this year, a new trending hashtag emerged on Twitter. #CoronaJihad, which blames Muslims for the spread of COVID-19 in India, […]
Impact of school closures on education outcomes in South Africa
By mid April about 1.725 billion students globally had been affected by the closure of school and higher education institutions in response to the coronavirus […]
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