Provincial education depts will need at least R79bn more by 2027 to fund programmes, says Gwarube
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube told a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday that the country faced a pending national crisis.
This was the dire warning sounded by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube at a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday who said that the country faced a pending national crisis. "It is crucial to understand that this crisis is not confined to one province or one aspect of the education sector. Every province is grappling with these painful choices."She said that several provinces had preserved the same post basket for the past three academic years, despite pupil numbers increasing, while other provinces had decreased their posts in the past three years.It is important to note that these have been cuts in posts but not warm bodies.
"This may mean larger class sizes, reduced individual attention for learners, and, ultimately, a risk to the achievement of quality education outcomes."She said that, unfortunately, other provinces in the country were in a similar position, with many desperately working to find ways of avoiding having to top slice budgets for key services like textbooks, administrative support and scholar transport programmes.
She added that the financial constraints had had the largest impact on educator provisioning, leading to a steady increase in pupil/teacher ratios in most provincial education departments."The numbers are staggering. If we continue down this path, projections indicate that most provincial education departments will not be able to maintain their respective basket of posts.
"For the first time in a decade, we now have a clearer picture of where the most significant budget pressures lie and how we need to engage treasury in a bid to address the challenges we see."
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