Due to concerns surrounding Covid-19 infections, Krugersdorp High School (KHS) has opted to close the school from Wednesday, 12 May. Learners are set to return to class on Monday, 17 May.
Owing to the Gauteng Department of Education’s (GDE) rules that schools may not release information to the media directly, but that all communication must be done through GDE, KHS was prevented from commenting on the situation.
Steve Mabona, GDE media liaison officer confirmed that, “The Department of Health (DoH) and GDE School Health Teams conduct contact tracing and tracking at schools across Gauteng. This ensures that we are kept abreast of the occurrence of Covid-19 cases and that we swiftly attend to those which we identify.
“We can confirm that a decision has been made, in consultation with the DoH, District Directors and GDE Management, to suspend academic activities at KHS and St. John’s College [in Houghton, Johannesburg] as a means of managing the discovery of several Covid-19 cases in each school.
“KHS identified 11 positive cases while St John’s College identified six positive cases. These cases were immediately requested to go into self-isolation. The temporary closure of these schools will be from Wednesday, 12 May 2021 to Monday, 17 May 2021.”
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