SABC News reports that the education department in the Eastern Cape will be employing more than 3,000 teachers and over a 1,000 principals and deputies at schools.  This is to end a critical shortage in teaching staff in the province.  

A staff bulletin has been approved and advertised.  Provincial education spokesperson, Malibongwe Mtima said the intention of having the posts advertised was to ensure that all vacant posts were filled.  He said they wanted to ensure that every learner received an educator so that learners could be able to participate accordingly.

• A short report by Abongile Jantjies is at SABC News
• Read too, Thousands of Eastern Cape teacher posts up for grabs, at DispatchLive

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