South African teachers in Taiwan who graduated from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after an impasse that had them worried about their jobs on the island. Education authorities in Taiwan raised concerns about CPUT not appearing on a list of universities on the official South African Department of Basic Education website. The institution does appear on other sites listing universities‚ including the Department of Higher Education and Training, but the sites were either flagged as being not secure or not ending in ". gov". Paul Andre and a group of other teachers alerted the Depart of Basic Education to the problem‚ raising concerns that some teachers’ work permits would not be renewed. "Due to the fact that we are not being listed‚ all CPUT qualified teachers in Taiwan‚ Asia‚ will be unemployed because [its] ministry of education recognises only the universities mentioned on that list‚" he said in an e-mail to the department. ...
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