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BusinessLive reports that Cabinet has granted the Department of Basic Education (DBE) approval to retain the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme, which is meant to attract young people to teaching by offering bursary-for-work agreements.
However, it has been criticised for being inefficient and not yielding the desired results since teacher shortages persist. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, said Cabinet had approved the report on the implementation evaluation of the programme, as well as the management response on improvement from the department. Radebe noted that the programme had been established to increase the supply of competent teachers specialising in priority areas (maths and science) and indicated that the DBE would consider its expansion and supplementation. The programme aims to fund 25% of students enrolled at public higher education institutions for recognised initial teacher education programmes.
- Read this report by Bekezela Phakathi in full at BusinessLive
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