Despite the ongoing post provisioning crisis in the province the Eastern Cape Department of Education seems to have made no effort to investigate alternative suggestions in order to address the problem. One solution that the DA has put on the table is that teachers who are in the cohort of 50 to 60 years of age and who are not in critical posts should be offered early retirement without incurring penalties. This will begin to alleviate the decade-long dilemma in the province whereby we have … [Read more...] about Teacher crisis can be alleviated with early retirement option
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EC teacher crisis – more funding will be unwise
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
