Many sectors are starting to pick up where they left off prior to level 4 lockdown restriction were implemented including South Africa’s extremely hard-hit education sector, with schools officially reopening on 19 July after weeks of learning time lost.
UNICEF estimates that learners will have been set back by as much as a full school year since the start of the global pandemic in 2020.“Despite being given the green light to head back to the classroom again, maintaining COVID-19 safety protocols while engaging in contact learning remains crucial,” says Taylor Kwong, CSI manager at fibre infrastructure provider, Vuma.
“Helping learners, parents and educators stay safe by ensuring they have a good supply of effective hand sanitisers for classrooms and other contact areas of schools is a top priority right now, as we continue to search for ways that we can be part of the solution and offer our support in these unsettling times.”
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