Government schools to close a week early
The ministry of education has announced that all government schools will close a week earlier due to various reasons explained by Sanet Steenkamp, permanent secretary of the ministry.
Steenkamp said all government schools and hostels should release learners on 21 April 2017 to allow teachers sufficient time to finalise assessment marks. Any schools that have tests and examinations scheduled for next week should postpone them or shift them to ensure that everything is written to allow learners to be released for holiday on time.
“There is a circulation in place that states learners should be released three days before the assessment marks are in to allow the teachers to have enough time to mark,” she said.
Schools were initially scheduled to close next week Wednesday on 26 April 2017.
Steenkamp said all government schools and hostels should release learners on 21 April 2017 to allow teachers sufficient time to finalise assessment marks. Any schools that have tests and examinations scheduled for next week should postpone them or shift them to ensure that everything is written to allow learners to be released for holiday on time.
“There is a circulation in place that states learners should be released three days before the assessment marks are in to allow the teachers to have enough time to mark,” she said.
Schools were initially scheduled to close next week Wednesday on 26 April 2017.
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