The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Education says that so far 97 000 teachers have been vaccinated.
MEC Kwazi Mshengu says the department wants to reach the 127 000 teachers that are expected to be vaccinated.
He says the pandemic and its impact on educators has had ripple effects on teaching and learning.
“We continue to work hard with the unions and the SGBs (School Governing Bodies ) to continue to really run this particular positive message so that eventually we can get as many people to get vaccinated. I mean we have lost so much time, we opened late this year, the rotation has affected learning and you can really see the gaps now and those are the things we want to close before it becomes too late for us to be able to deal with such learning gaps.”
