TimesLive reports that more than 2‚800 classes and subjects are without teachers in schools across KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) - including critical subjects like maths‚ physical science and accounting.  

This was revealed by the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union during a media briefing on the non-filling of teacher posts in Durban on Thursday.  The teacher union has accused the provincial education department of failing to quickly attend to teacher shortages in schools across the province.  Sadtu’s provincial secretary‚ Nomarashiya Caluza‚ blamed the situation on the redistribution of teachers as a result of a post provisioning norms process which the union has fought against for many years.  She said teacher shortages had resulted in overcrowded classes while the department was busy redistributing teachers endlessly.

• Read this report by Bongani Mthethwa in full at TimesLive
• Read Sadtu’s press statement in this regard at Politicsweb

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