The department's R2.5 billion budget cut, impacting administration, curriculum, and infrastructure, leaves it with a R3.8 billion shortfall over the next three
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.The Western Cape education department has clarified that although 2400 teaching jobs will be lost by the end of the year, no teachers will be retrenched — but contract teachers won’t be reappointed.
Last week, the department said it had informed schools that “the current number of educator posts in the Western Cape cannot be maintained” and it had “cut down on spending across various directorates”. It said it had informed schools on where it planned to cut teacher posts. In April last year, unions representing the majority of public servants at the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council accepted the government’s wage increase offer of
Sadtu, the largest trade union for teachers in South Africa, has rejected the Western Cape department’s plans, saying it would report it to the Education Labour Relations Council . “The DA urges the national government to find alternative areas for budget cuts and to ensure that essential public service roles, including those of teachers, are fully protected.” DA basic education spokesperson Delmaine ChristiansMaynier noted that provinces had outlined the difficulties they were facing in presentations to the portfolio committee on basic education in the
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