No more sanitising outside schools: Lesufi
This follows the kidnapping of a grade 5 pupil at E. P. Baumann Primary School in Mayfair, Johannesburg last week.
The Gauteng Department of Education has issued an immediate instruction prohibiting Covid-19 screening and sanitising of pupils outside school premises.
This follows the kidnapping of a grade 5 pupil at E. P. Baumann Primary School in Mayfair, Johannesburg last week.
She was in queue waiting to be screened when she was taken away by armed suspects.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said the pupil is still missing.
“In a meeting which we held today (Friday), with our SGB associations, we agreed that all screening and scanning procedures must be done inside the school premises with immediate effect.”
Meanwhile, Grade 12 pupil from Sandringham High School in Johannesburg survived a kidnapping attempt on Friday.
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