HeraldLive reports that after a 20-year moratorium on the appointment of nonteaching staff at schools, the Eastern Cape Department of Education has advertised 1,023 administrative assistant posts for schools in its 23 districts.  

Provincial education spokesman Malibongwe Mtima said the department had decided it would advertise these posts to ensure that schools could focus on providing good-quality education.  Since 1996, schools have not received any additional funding from the Department of Education to appoint non-teaching staff and in many cases have had to pay caretakers, cleaners and secretaries from their own funds.  On Tuesday, school principals and the Northern Areas Education Forum (NAEF) welcomed the department’s decision.

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