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The terms and conditions of employment under the Employment of Educators Act address conditions of re-employment if a teacher is dismissed for an act of misconduct.
The newly published conditions address if and when a teacher can be re-employed following a case of misconduct and the applicable mandatory period of prevention of re-employment.
Gazetted by the ministry of basic education on 9 April and signed by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, the terms and conditions now state how long an educator can be kept out of a public school depending on the severity of their misconduct.
According to the executive director of the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa), Basil Manuel, before the amendment teachers could apply for re-employment immediately after being found guilty of misconduct.
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2200 teachers with Covid-19 comorbidities told to return to school in the Cape
By Okuhle Hlati
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Cape Town - The Western Cape Education Department has urged all of its teachers, who were granted a concession for Covid-19 comorbidities, to report back for duty by Monday.
More than 2 200 teachers in the province have been working from home since schools reopened under lockdown level 3.
Head of department Brian Schreuder said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to move to lockdown level 1 had implications regarding the management of employees with identified comorbidities in their offices and schools.
“The concessions to work from home will no longer apply. This is in line with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) Circular of 2020, dated March 11, which states that teachers who had been given concessions during level 2 and 3, need to return to school due to the reduction to level 1.
Following the release of the 2020 matric results, students across the nation will now collect their individual marks on Tuesday. Education Minister Angie Motshekga revealed that the pass rate for this year’s matriculants was 76.1% – a respectable effort for an academic year blighted by COVID. However, some schools showed no signs of ‘pandemic fatigue’.
What schools have the best matric results for 2020?
This year, the Central Islamic School in GP takes the top spot, averaging 3.5 distinctions per learner. Star College in KwaZulu-Natal isn’t trailing far behind in second, and three other schools in Gauteng – Afrikaanse Hoer Meisieskool, Hoerskool Waterkloof, and Lenasia Muslim School – make up the top five.