THE National Congress of School Governing Bodies has welcomed the Cabinet’s decision to close for four weeks due to coronavirus pandemic hailing it as a wise move as the department had failed to keep children safe at schools.
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The governing body in a statement issued shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the decision on Thursday night, said it has been its believe that schools were not ready to open.
“It's been our call as organization to the Minister of Basic Education Mme Angie Motshega that all schools must closed and scraped 2020 academic year.
“This is a decisive way in which the government can intervene in this situation. This shows that the decision to reopen schools before was not a good move by the Department of Basic Education,” it said.
The body lamented the department for failing to meet the norms it has set for itself in keeping learners safe in schools and could therefore not be trusted with the safety of children in schools.
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Further, some schools were still having shortages of water, personally protective equipments while some learners were still walking more than 10 kilometers to schools.
“We also call upon to the president of the country Honourable Cyril Ramaphosa to form Special Investigating Unit to investigate corruption on PPEs against some officials of government,” it said.
