The Department of Basic Education has urged teachers and other school-support staff, who qualify for their Covid-19 injection, to get their vaccination this week.
This after the DBE announced the extension of the sector’s vaccination programme until 14 July this week.
Media relations-officer at the DBE, Terence Khala.
Khala says the DBE hopes to vaccinate the majority of the country’s more than 700-thousand teachers and other staff by the end of this week.
Read more here.
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[REMINDER] The vaccination programme in the Basic Education Sector has been extended to Wednesday.#VaccineRollOutSA @ElijahMhlanga @ReginahMhaule @HubertMweli pic.twitter.com/hHVkHyQPPk
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) July 12, 2021
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has urged teachers to get themselves vaccinated.
With the vaccination of teachers coming to an end this week, teachers and other school-support staff have been urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The DBE spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga says more than 333-thousand teachers and school-support staff have already been vaccinated with their one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.
Mhlanga says the aim is to vaccinate more than 582-thousand employees in the sector, by the end of the vaccination-drive.
Access the full press-release here.
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We urge teachers to get their vaccines, as the roll-out programme continues.#VaccineRolloutSA @HubertMweli @ReginahMhaule @ElijahMhlanga pic.twitter.com/Kgz72h4I3v
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) July 5, 2021
Important information from the Department of Health @HealthZA#VaccineRollOutSA pic.twitter.com/2xO1cqWy0k
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) July 3, 2021
The Department of Basic Education says all the required Covid-19 health and safety protocols would be in place when primary schools learners would be required to return to school on a full-time basis toward the end of July.
Minister Angie Motshekga gazetted the changes to the school guidelines late last week which says that ALL primary school learners will have to report for classes on a full-time basis on 26 July.
Spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga says studies have shown that primary school learners are not at high risk of Covid-19.
Read more here.
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] New Directions on the return to daily attendance of learners in primary schools@ReginahMhaule @ElijahMhlanga @HubertMweli pic.twitter.com/fYG4xSn8KR
— Dep. Basic Education (@DBE_SA) May 29, 2021
Unpacking the @DBE_SA Government Gazette with Directions for the basic education sector. pic.twitter.com/K48LsVClLo
— Elijah Mhlanga (@ElijahMhlanga) May 29, 2021
