ANNEXURE D2

DECLARATION CONFIRMING COMPLIANCE OF INDPENDENT SCHOOL HOSTEL(S)

[Declaration in terms of direction 9(2)(b)]

(To be completed and attached to Annexure D, in respect of independent schools)

(To be completed by the principal, chairperson of the governing body, or their delegated official)

I, _________________________________________ (Name and surname), the principal/chairperson of the school governing body or board/delegated official (delete whichever is not applicable), of:

_____________________________________________________________ (Name of school),

hereby declare that the hostel(s) has/have complied with the health, safety and social distancing measures for COVID-19, set out in the DBE Standard Operating Procedures and the DBE Guidelines.

I further acknowledge that it is the responsibility of the principal and/or the school board to take all reasonable steps to comply with the health, safety and social distancing measures for COVID-19, set out in the DBE Standard Operating Procedures and the DBE Guidelines.

I further accept that any civil liability that may arise from the school’s decision to re-open its hostel(s) and the manner in which the hostel(s) operate/s following such re-opening, shall fall exclusively on the school and that the relevant Department of Basic Education and Provincial Departments of Education shall bear no liability in this regard.

Signed at ___________ on this _____________ day of____________________2020