The Herald reports that almost 3‚000 teachers in the Eastern Cape are teaching subjects for which they are not qualified‚ with Nelson Mandela Bay schools hosting more than 250 of them.  

More than 260 teachers in the province are not qualified to teach at all.  This was indicated by Education MEC Mandla Makupula in response to a parliamentary question.  He said the province’s 51‚545 teachers included 2‚727 teachers in grades 10-12 who were teaching subjects they were not qualified to teach‚ while 264 were not qualified to teach at all.  The three most prevalent subjects in which unqualified teachers were instructing were languages (997 teachers)‚ maths (546) and science (437).  Democratic Alliance (DA) MPL Edmund van Vuuren described the situation as irresponsible and completely unacceptable and went on to comment:  "The blame cannot be placed on the unqualified teachers‚ though.  Many of these teachers work tirelessly and do the best that they can for learners‚ but are placed in positions by the department to teach subjects they are not qualified to teach."

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