No teachers in KwaZulu-Natal for critical subjects
More than 2,800 classes and subjects are without teachers with Sadtu blaming the provincial education department
More than 2‚800 classes and subjects are without teachers in schools across KwaZulu-Natal — including critical subjects maths‚ physical science and accounting. This was revealed by the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) during a media briefing on the non-filling of teacher posts in Durban on Thursday. The union has accused the provincial education department of failing to quickly attend to teacher shortages in schools across the province. Sadtu’s provincial secretary Nomarashiya Caluza blamed the situation on the redistribution of teachers as a result of a post provisioning norms process, which the union has fought for many years. "Over 2‚800 educators are affected and will have their family lives disrupted. The employer has not developed requisite capacity to deal with this exercise yearly and the situation deteriorates and collapses in the hands of officials expected to be efficient‚" she said. Teacher shortages had resulted in overcrowded classes while the departmen...
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