SADTU continues to block principal performance agreements
3 May 2017
It has been revealed in Parliament that the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) continues to block the implementation of principal performance agreements across the country.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) failed to indicate the proportion of principals who signed performance agreements in its Annual Performance Plan because according to the Auditor-General’s office the DBE is “currently negotiating with Unions on the matter.”
In other words, SADTU is preventing the implementation of principal performance agreements.
School leadership is often the decisive factor that determines whether a school succeeds or fails. It is, therefore, crucial that principals adhere to basic performance standards in order to improve the quality of education in public schools.