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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

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Directions regarding the re-opening 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 in all schools in the Republic of South Africa

6B. Registration status of learner and marking of attendance register

 

(1) In the event that a learner is granted an exemption from compulsory school attendance, as contemplated in direction 6, or is unable to attend school as contemplated in direction 5(7)—
(a) nothing in these Directions purports to alter the registration status of a learner at the specific school where the learner is registered; and
(b) the learner continues to be registered with their school.

 

(2) A school must maintain accurate daily attendance registers of learners.

 

(3) A learner must be marked absent in the attendance register when the learner is not physically present at school.

 

(4) The school must maintain records of—
(a) all learners who are unable to attend school for reasons contemplated in direction 5(7); and
(b) all exemptions granted in terms of direction 6.

 

[Direction 6B inserted by section 6 of Notice No. 411, GG43578, dated 2 August 2020]