Cape schools may deviate from phased return, but WCED must be consulted
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - While the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education said Grade R pupils must stay home on Monday, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said that schools are allowed to deviate if the WCED approves of their reasoning. Initially, Grades R, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10 and 11 had been set to return to school on Monday, July 6 - in accordance with a Government Gazette published by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga in June. However on Thursday, the Council of Education Ministers - a body comprising Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and her nine...