News24 reports that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has urged teachers to be present at school as it prepares to begin its vaccine rollout on Wednesday.
"Regular attendance to school will contribute to the successful implementation of the vaccination programme targeted at 582,000 people in the next two weeks. The vaccination programme is an opportunity to normalise schooling and intensify the process of mitigating the impact of Covid-19 on schooling," the DBE said on Monday. The department has ambitiously set out to vaccinate its 582,000 teachers and school personnel within 10 working days. During a briefing by the acting health minister on the country's vaccination programme last week, Deputy Director-General of Health Dr Nicholas Crisp said the DBE was organising transport for teachers to their designated vaccination sites. At a briefing over the weekend, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said they had the support of all five recognised teachers' unions and school governing body organisations and called on teachers and communities to get behind the vaccine rollout.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lwandile Bhengu at News24
- Read too, Western Cape education department urges teachers to get Covid-19 jab, at News24
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