Two girls' lockdown learning underlines South Africa's educational divide


  • World
  • Thursday, 04 Jun 2020

A woman hold a placard as parents and community members protest against the return of learners to school during the coronavirus disease (COVID19) outbreak in Cape Town, South Africa, June 1, 2020. Picture taken June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Zinzi Lerefolo was sent home from her fee-paying girls' school in a leafy Johannesburg suburb in March, her family set up a virtual classroom that allowed her to continue studying uninterrupted.

The 13-year-old has access to the internet and her school has the means to provide online teaching during the coronavirus lockdown.

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