Nearly 35,000 kids exempted from school over Covid-19 fears
A total of 34,565 pupils in seven provinces have been exempted from attending school because of the fear of contracting Covid-19 - including a whopping 28,861 from the Western Cape. A further 10,903 pupils had declared comorbidities. Director-general of basic education Mathanzima Mweli released the figures to parliament on Tuesday. According to figures supplied by seven of the nine provinces, 52,130 pupils in grade 7 and 23,364 in matric were […]
