The recent statement by the Minister of Basic Education indicated that there are no plans in place to change the current directions made by the department in terms of the Disaster Management Regulations. However, the Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer has now urged the department to scrap the one-metre social distancing rule in primary school classrooms. According to Schäfer, … Continue reading WCED calls for the scrapping of the one-metre social distancing rule in primary schools