Statistics Act, 1999
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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections regarding the reopening of schools and measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 in the National Department of Basic Education, and Provincial Departments of Education, and all schools in the Republic of South Africa17. Curriculum trimming and reorganisation |
| (1) | In order to accommodate the teaching time lost as a result of the national state of disaster and the adjustment of timetables, the curriculum, as articulated in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, has been reviewed by the Minister in accordance with section 3(4)(l) of the National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996), which empowers the Minister to determine national policy for curriculum frameworks, core syllabuses and education programmes. |
| (2) | The curriculum recovery guidelines aimed at supporting the management of the learning losses and the catch-up programmes at school level, include Circular S13 of 2020, which released the curriculum recovery 2021 Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs) for Grades 1-12, and PowerPoint presentations per subject, per grade for mediation of the recovery ATPs in all subjects and grades are accessible on the website of the Department of Basic Education, through the following link: https://www.education.gov.za/2021ATPs.aspx . |
