The challenges of double shift at Mater Spei

FRANCISTOWN: Mater Spei College Secondary School (MSC) head Jabulani Munyere has said that the newly introduced double shift at the school in order to comply with the social distancing protocol is going to be tough especially for teachers.

Speaking to this publication this week, Munyere raised a concern that during the second shift there is a high risk of teachers experiencing fatigue due to exhaustion caused by splitting classes into two.

He said that as a way of maintaining social distancing at the school, they are currently using double shift for the Form 5 group in order to prepare for the second batch of students.

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