​Qaqambile Mdledle
The Gauteng Members of the Executive Council (MECs) on Tuesday 10 November 2020, elaborated on the outcomes of the Executive  Council Lekgotla  relating to the their respective portfolios to accelerate the implementation of the Gauteng Provincial Government programme.
Gauteng MEC for Education, Pnayaza Lesufi started his report, by first congratulating all learners, educators and staff for the success on the commencement of the National Senior Certificate examinations, on Thursday, 5 November 2020.
"So far we are happy with the management of the examination. The first day of examination was administered with a high degree of integrity and credibility," said Lesufi.
Gauteng Government has made provision for learners who test positive for COVID-19 to continue with their exams in isolated venues. 
Lesufi went on to unveil his department's plan with regards to the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme.
"We are finalizing a strategy to ensure an appropriate spread of partial care facilities and ECD Programmes in the province. We will continue with record-keeping to maintain a record of all the registered partial care facilities and ECD programmes in the province, indicating the types of partial care facilities and the number of each type of facility.
Partial care facilities and ECD programmes must be registered with the provincial government," said Lesufi.
MEC Lesufi, also elaborated on the Department's plan of repurposing the current ICT investment to complement virtual and online learning.
"An audit of all the existing ICT investments has been conducted with a view to identify the gaps, consolidate, repackage and respond with a virtual classroom solution in preparation for a Blended Approach to Learning.
"Whilst the current ICT solution in GP schools is classroom based, the reorientation of the solution for virtual learning has been successful.
GDE is preparing for the worse-case scenario where teaching and learning may not require educators & learners to be under one roof.
The Virtual Classroom Model will therefore be realised by leveraging on the existing ICT infrastructure," said Lesufi.