KZN Education MEC must explain non-filling of vital vacant teacher posts
17 April 2018
The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal today calls on provincial Education MEC, Mthandeni Dlungwane, to urgently deliver an executive statement outlining how his Department plans to turn its finances around and fill teacher vacancies. This as learners in the province suffer as a result of severe budget cuts.
The call comes following numerous reports, from both parents and School Governing Bodies, during oversight inspections by the DA, that the Department has stopped filling vital teacher posts once they become vacant. This has taken place at both primary and high schools in the province and is having a major impact, particularly on matrics.
The situation has potentially affected hundreds of schools across the province and the DA is aware of the following:
- Mariannridge Secondary School has two teacher vacancies including a Grade 10 and 12 English teacher post, which has been vacant for two years;