The Eastern Cape Department of Education's decision to seek additional funding from the Treasury to appoint more teachers instead of redeploying current excess teachers will not bring an end to the education crisis in the province. It will be truly unwise of the Treasury to agree to this funding request, because the department will simply not sort out its staffing issues. An announcement whether the department's request is granted will be made on Thursday, 14 February. This is yet another … [Read more...] about EC teacher crisis – more funding will be unwise

