Principals reflect on the challenges of 2020

School leaders bear the primary responsibility of ensuring the well-being of their staff and students and to ensure learners become well-rounded individuals during their schooling years. While this was challenging before the pandemic, the sheer weight placed on principals and educators increased ten-fold this year, as schools had to adapt to staggered learning and remote classes.

We spoke to Anthea Adriaanse, the principal of De Duine primary school in Lotus River and Rushda 'O Shea, principal of San Souci Girls high school