Many parents fear sending their kids back to school after lockdown


As the country's schools prepare to resume after lockdown, many parents are willing to allow their children to repeat the grade next year rather than let them go back this year.
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Many parents may not be sending their children back to school once schooling resumes for fear they may contract the coronavirus in the classroom.
Reacting to the department of basic education's proposed scenarios on pupils' seating arrangements in the classroom, which were published in the Sunday Times this week, parents took to Facebook to voice their concerns over social distancing.
The department's discussion document — titled ''Draft post Covid-19 lockdown recovery plan'' — states that the school must ensure that space with reference to social distancing, no bodily contact and hygiene and sanitising requirements were given attention when pupils were admitted.
One of the scenarios proposed was that a 1m distance between pupils' chairs would be acceptable if it was applied with strict precautionary measures such as temperature checking, face masks, gloves and sanitisers.
Many parents were willing to allow their children to return next year and repeat the grade, rather than risk their lives by allowing them back into the classroom this year
“I can afford for my child to lose the academic year, but I can't afford to lose my child,” said Poven Chetty.
“It will be the biggest mistake they've ever made to send innocent children back to school. I cannot believe they are even considering such an option,” wrote Luce Botha.
Luvo Ndlumbini said there should be no schooling until Covid-19 had been adequately dealt with: “My kids are taking a gap year; I am not sending my kids back to school until life is better.”
“They're mad! Mine is not going back to school until I'm certain that she won't come back sick one day,” wrote Dallas Shibamba.
Leandrie Oosthuizen said while it was a parent's choice to send their children back to school, she did not think that hers would be returning this year.
Tebatso Nkoko posted this message: “I am not sending my children to slaughterhouses regardless of who promises what. It's my duty to protect them.”
Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa), questioned how social distancing would take place at overcrowded schools.
“A parent from Phoenix in Durban asked me if it was possible for him to decide to keep his child at home when school reopens because he was afraid,” he said.
Manuel said teachers with hypertension and gout had also been calling him to inquire whether they should report for duty as they were “immune-compromised”.
“We have no clue how many of our teachers have HIV/Aids — they are the most severe cases of immune-compromised people,” he said.

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