Far from being banal bureaucratic documents, timetables are the heartbeat of a school. Without them, nothing works. Trying to manage timetables when Covid-19 demands physical distancing, and with teachers booked off sick, is a nightmare.
As the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates, the messiness of allowing more students back, while adhering to physical distancing measures, has become more apparent. Teachers, parents, SGBs and principals are increasingly sounding the alarm that doing so safely - especially in schools with no additional staff (about 80% of schools) - is not feasible.
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