LISTEN: The impact of the pandemic and rotational timetabling on learning losses and disengagement

The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, says that rotational timetabling will continue when schools reopen. Rahima Essop, Head of Communications and Advocacy at the Zero Dropout campaign, speaks to Power FM host, Thabiso Tema, about the impact this may have on our learners. Essop explains that rotational timetabling contributes to both disengagement and learning losses, which will have a negative impact on dropout in the years to come.