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ANA reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) on Monday warned that job cuts at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in KwaZulu-Natal would affect the quality of teaching and learning.
The union claimed that 136 lecturers and 36 support staff have already been served with letters telling them their jobs have been terminated. The union said in a statement: “Although it’s common knowledge that the number of employees in their staff establishment is informed by the number registered students, it remains unacceptable that one of these colleges, Coastal College, surpassed all by shamelessly putting 102 employees out in the cold.” The union further noted that the Department of Higher Education and Training had promised the TVET principals that their 2016/17 funding would be maintained in the 2017/2018 financial year. Sadtu indicated that it would call a special meeting with all affected workers “for preparation of confrontation with the employers in this sector.”
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read Sadtu’s press statement in this regard at Politicsweb
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