The Citizen reports that education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on government to prioritise maths teachers in South Africa, saying that someone who teaches maths should not be paid the same as someone who teaches life orientation.  

Writing on his Facebook page, he said:  “Mathematics teachers should be paid five times more than their current salary package on condition that they improve performance of [pupils] in 2018.  If they fail to improve [pupil] performance, then they should be returned to their original salaries.”  He went on to write:  Maths is a scarce skill subject.  If government wants maths teachers to do more, then they should pay them more.”  Makaneta also said South Africa needed a single, coordinated organisation of maths teachers to champion their interests.

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