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Reimagining education in a post-Covid scenario

TWO South Africans have contributed to a ground-breaking first global book on solutions for reimagining education in a post-Covid scenario which makes some far-reaching proposals aimed at radically reshaping the post-pandemic learning landscape.

These include creating a new system, putting a hold on examinations for a year, training teachers on social and emotional learning to ensure that they are trauma responsive and realigning the school calendar to prepare children for an uncertain future.

Robyn Whittaker, the stakeholder engagement lead for Partners for Possibility initiative enabling social cohesion.

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