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TimesLIVE reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) education department says it will deploy 6,000 people to screen teachers and pupils at schools in the province from 1 June.
In a communique sent out to district directors on Tuesday, the department advised that people employed to do screenings at schools would fall under the Department of Public Works' (DPW’s) extended public works programme (EPWP). Principals and school governing bodies were given until Wednesday to identify people within their communities who would be beneficiaries of the programme. In a separate communique, the DPW said those employed would be employed until 31 August, with an estimated budget of R38m for payment of monthly stipends of R2,000 a month. The Department of Health will be conducting training and providing the required PPE to the EPWP beneficiaries. KZN premier Sihle Zikalala along with education MEC Kwazi Mshengu were due on Thursday to visit a number of schools in the province, where close to 91,000 teachers were expected to be back at school.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lwandile Bhengu at TimesLIVE
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