The departments of education in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West are ready to welcome pupils back despite having some schools that were damaged by storms or vandalised.
They are among five inland provinces that are set to reopen schools on Wednesday and they say they are ready.
According to the three provinces, a lot of work in preparation for the reopening was done in December.
Gauteng spokesperson Steve Mabona did not respond to questions sent on Thursday but instead released a media statement on Friday, giving an update on online admissions.
Free State education spokesperson Howard Ndaba did not respond to the media inquiry sent to them last week.
Limpopo spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said a lot of work, especially around procurement and delivery of stationery and top-up text books was done last year.
"Schools have also made arrangements for supplies of Covid-19 essentials. There are two schools that were damaged by the storms and our infrastructure team is still busy with assessments which will guide our interventions to enable schools to reopen.
"We are expecting detailed reports from all our districts from Monday on additional damages that might have not been obvious when schools were closed. This will guide us on appropriate interventions for such incidents," she said.
In North West, Tirelong Secondary School will not be ready to welcome pupils with spokesperson Elias Malindi saying the school near Rustenburg had experienced continuous vandalism.
He said criminals stole electricity cables, the roof, doors, taps, window frames, computers and printers.
Malindi said an alternative venue would be sought.
MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela said they were currently sitting at 96% delivery on textbook top-ups and 91% on the delivery of stationery.
"By Wednesday, we should be ready to start teaching and learning. School support management teams will open early to ensure all unplaced learners are accorded space and all Covid-19 protocols will be followed thoroughly," she said.
Mpumalanga spokesperson Jasper Zwane said there were 105 mobile classes that had been allocated to be dispatched to 22 schools.
"The department has started a process to fix schools that were damaged by the recent storms. Some of these schools will receive mobile classrooms in the interim stage while construction and repair of brick and mortar is taking place," he said.
Zwane said the teaching support material was distributed to all schools in November and December and schools were expected to hand over the material to all pupils on Wednesday to enable teaching and learning to start in earnest from the first period of the school year.
"The department is optimistic that schools will be able to reopen successfully on Wednesday," Zwane said.
Schools in coastal Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape will reopen on January 19.
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