A teacher testing positive for Covid-19 at a Durban school resulted in violent clashes between pupils and police, Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said on Wednesday.
"There has been an interruption of teaching and learning because of a misunderstanding between the teachers and the learners on how to manage the positive cases of Covid-19," he said at Nqabakazulu High School in KwaMashu.
The clash arose after pupils demanded all teachers at the school be tested for Covid-19.
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"A case of a teacher [was] reported where she tested positive and learners [were] demanding that all educators must be tested."
Those who have had close contact with the teacher will be in an isolation room and attended to by the department of health.
