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Teachers in at least five states have died from COVID-19 since the fall semester started, The Washington Post reported Thursday. At least six teachers across Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina have died since early August as students return for the school year. It is unknown whether these teachers became infected at school, but several…

The Department of Basic Education says the four-week break will afford it an opportunity to prepare for the return of more grades later in August.Minister Angie Motshekga says schools will make arrangements for teaching and learning to continue while pupils are at home. The national school nutrition programme will continue to operate. Teachers and non-teaching staff will…

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images Around 16 000 teachers across the country have underlying health conditions - a Covid-19 risk factor.Basic Education Minister Angie Mothshekga says the number of educators who work from home will be finalised.The reopening of schools and a surge in Covid-19 cases has been fiercely debated since…

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga during a visit to Seshegong Secondary School in Gauteng to check readiness for the reopening of schools. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images Another teachers' union has called on government to re-close schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Naptosa said schools should remain closed until the peak of the pandemic has…

Pupils at Rosendaal Senior Secondary in Delft, Cape Town, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Roger Sedres, Gallo Images via Getty Images It has been a tough three months for a lab employee and young mother to parent a child sitting at home while at work.With more pupils returning to school some parents will work well knowing…