KZN education department pays only half the allocation per pupil, Sadtu says
Some KwaZulu-Natal principals are forced to turn to loan sharks or dip into their own bank accounts to keep their cash-strapped schools afloat.The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in KwaZulu-Natal blamed "the dire situation" on the provincial education department’s alleged failure to pay mainly rural schools their full allocation of funds, in terms of the national norms and standards policy.The union laid bare a number of concerns‚ including funding and the controversial school feeding programme‚ during a media briefing on Tuesday.It accused the provincial education department of paying "less than half" of the expected allocation per a pupil — money that is used for school resources."The funding of schools in our province is currently inadequate and unconnected to the dire needs of schools. The department of education in KwaZulu-Natal is currently unable to match the national norm for funding as determined by the national Department of Basic Education‚" said Nomarashi...
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