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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is determined to regain lost time in the classroom this year after Covid-19 severely affected the school calendar last year.<\/p>\n

In 2020, pupils at public schools had an interrupted school calendar and the school year was marred by interruptions caused by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

As such, the class of 2020 wrote their matric exams well into December and their matric results are yet to be released.<\/p>\n

Normally, matric results – both from public and independent schools – are released in early January, but this year they are expected to be released later in February, with universities and colleges set to commence classes in March.<\/p>\n

While delivering his State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa said the disruptions caused a burden for pupils, their parents and teachers alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf the many hardships our people had to experience last year, schooling disruption placed a huge burden on learners, teachers and families.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite this they persevered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our priority for this year to regain lost time and improve educational outcomes, from the early years through to high school and post-school education and training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 2021 academic calendar had to be postponed by more than two weeks in January after teachers feared for their lives.<\/p>\n

Speaking on vaccines, Ramaphosa said the government would undertake a \u201cmassive vaccination programme to save lives and dramatically reduce infections across the population\u201d.<\/p>\n

In addition to the one million AstraZeneca vaccine doses that are in the possession of the State, government has procured 9 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses for health and other frontline workers, 12 million additional doses through the Covax scheme and another 20 million doses from Pfizer.<\/p>\n

In addition, South Africa is set to benefit through the AU\u2019s African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continuing our engagements with all the vaccine manufacturers to ensure that we secure sufficient quantities of vaccines that are suitable to our conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health and safety of our people remains our paramount concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll medication imported into the country is monitored, evaluated, investigated, inspected and registered by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to use the science-driven approach that has served us well since the earliest days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of the vaccination programme will rely on active collaboration between all sectors of society,\u201d said Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

He said he was also encouraged by the active involvement of business, labour, the health industry and medical schemes in preparing for the mass vaccination drive.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we have overcome before, we will overcome again and rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is not just this disease that we must defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must overcome poverty and hunger, joblessness and inequality.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must overcome a legacy of exclusion and dispossession that continues to impoverish our people, and which this pandemic has severely worsened,\u201d said Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

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