Question NW1180 to the Minister of Basic Education
13 July 2020 - NW1180
Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What options will her department provide parents who (a) are unable to provide their children with home schooling, (b) are too afraid and refuse to send their children to school due to the threat of contracting Covid-19 and (c) do not have means to continue with online learning at home?
Reply:
(a)The Department has put measures in place for parents to contact the Circuit or the school to make arrangements for learners to be supported while they are at home. Parents are therefore advised to contact the school to receive such support.
(b) Response same as in (a) above.
(c) Response same as in (a) above.