More than 2,400 teaching jobs will be cut, effective January 2025.
Education MEC David Maynier says they’ve made drastic cuts, but this has not been enough. File Picture: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapersin the Western Cape has declared a dispute at the education bargaining council, as it called the Western Cape Education Department’s consultation with unions over teacher cuts, “meaningless and insufficient”, Cape Argus reported.
“We would have to hollow out our non-personnel spending to become a department that only transfers salaries and does not offer any support to teachers, learners and schools. We have already made R2.5 billion in budget cuts to non-personnel spending, including dramatic cuts to the #BackOnTrack programme budget,” Maynier said.
“Nearly a third of our #BackOnTrack expenditure is on books for all foundation phase learners, and training their teachers to teach reading effectively. Early-grade literacy is a critical priority for our learners, so cutting support in this area would further aggravate an already serious situation.
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