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Media Briefing on the Re-opening of schools

The MEC for Education in the Northern Cape, Mac Jack will be addressing the members of the media during a press briefing on the current impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the way forward for the basic education sector, in line with the announcement made by Minister Angie Motshekga.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the global pandemic faced by many countries, called COVID-19 a National State of Disaster in South Africa on the 15th of March 2020. Since the nationwide lockdown, the basic education sector has lost 39 schooling days.

The Northern Cape Department of Education has put in place the necessary contingency plans to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 school academic year. We are working around the clock to ensure that we adhere to the announcement made by the Minister.

We are putting in place the necessary systems and measures to limit the spread of the Corona Virus and contribute to flattening the curve on infections in South Africa. The health and safety of our educators, learners and staff are indeed our first priority and we are fully aware of risks involved. It is against this background that the Ministry of Education need to inform the public about the work in progress on the state of readiness for the re-opening of our schools and to allay the fears of the general public.

We therefore invite all media institutions to this press briefing scheduled as follow:

Date: Thursday, 28 May 2020

Time: 10h00

Venue:156 Barkly Road, Homestead, Kimberley

           Northern Cape Department of Education, Office of the MEC

The media briefing will be broadcast on 8 community radio stations in the Northern Cape in partnership with the NCRF. We will live stream the media briefing on our Facebook page, Northern Cape Department of Education. Members of the media who are unable to attend the media briefing can make use of the whatsapp line on 0789478054 to pose your questions.

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