Omicron Could Worsen School Attendance 2024
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Omicron Could Worsen School Attendance 2024
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE), with other partners, have developed a programme to reboot the education system. The aim is to prepare schools to recover from the learning losses incurred in the previous two years of Covid-19 disruptions.
According to the organisations’ CEO, Godwin Khosa, research indicates that about 60% of the schools throughout the country only managed to teach 30% of the curriculum this year, a figure not too far from that of last year.
Khoza says that this was, for the most part, due to reduced school attendance in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. He adds that part of the solution to the issue is for learners to resume schooling as soon as possible.
Some of the strategies they have adopted along with the Department of Basic Education include, trackers for teachers to follow on a daily basis to enable them to cover as much of the curriculum that has been.
Other measures include exposing learners to more reading material, by converting some into eBooks that are readily accessible via WhatsApp and other social media platforms. The Woza Matrics programme, as well as the Tswelo Pele programme, are some of the existing programmes that form part of this strategy.
Khoza admits that the fourth wave and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant might present some challenges in implementing all the components of their strategy as soon as possible.
He says that these may require intervention from the Department of Health by ensuring that as many teachers and learners are vaccinated. The provision of psychosocial support for teachers is also an intervention that has been prioritized.
The National Education Collaboration Trust has also said that a more comprehensible version of their plan will be made available on the Department of Basic Education website.
