| (1) | Every school, hostel or office must comply with the social distancing requirements as prescribed in the Regulations, DBE Standard Operating Procedures and DBE Guidelines. |
[Direction 15(1) substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. 503, GG43715, dated 15 September 2020]
| (2) | [Direction 15(2) deleted by section 4(b) of Notice No. 503, GG43715, dated 15 September 2020] |
| (3) | Subject to sub-direction (4), schools may consider and apply any of following available timetable models suitable for their context and functionality: |
| (a) | Daily and weekly rotation; |
| (c) | platooning or shifts; |
| (d) | traditional and daily; or |
| (e) | a hybrid of the latter. |
| (4) | Subject to direction 7(1), schools with large enough facilities to comply with health, safety, and social distancing requirements do not have to change their traditional and daily timetable models, and may continue to operate in accordance with those timetable models. |
[Direction 15(4) substituted by section 4(c) of Notice No. 503, GG43715, dated 15 September 2020]
| (5) | A school that has a large enough facility may accommodate more than 50 learners, officials and parents in that facility at a time, strictly for educational purposes: Provided that all health, safety and social distancing health, safety and social measures for COVID-19 are complied with. |
[Direction 15(5) inserted by section 4(d) of Notice No. 503, GG43715, dated 15 September 2020]
