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We want to be part of the debate about 100% school attendance – Naptosa Share The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation SA (Naptosa) says teacher unions expect to be part of the meetings that will discuss the possible return of school pupils to 100% daily attendance. The Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) director-general Mathanzima Mweli is meeting with education provincial heads at annual two-day workshops where they discussed all issues affecting education, DBE spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said. He confirmed that as part of that meeting, the school’s attendance...

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....

Unions welcome new DBE rules that impose indefinite ban on sex pest teachers 13 April 2021 12:02 PM Share This: A new set of regulations will see teachers found guilty of sexual misconduct banned indefinitely from working at any school in SA. The Basic Education Department (DBE) gazetted a new set of rules for teachers under the Employment of Educators Act last week Friday. The new terms and conditions of employment for educators outline a range of sanctions for various categories of teacher misconduct. The teaching bans range from one year up to a lifetime depending on the offence they are f...

Naptosa blames shortage of 24 000 teachers on education department’s inefficiency Share THE National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) says the shortage of teachers, by 24 556, is a result of the education department’s inefficiency. Naptosa executive director Basil Manuel said: “Its administrative inefficiency is at its worst. Our education departments and provincial departments are getting worse by the day. They are constantly giving these glowing reports of how well everything is going but, obviously, this is not so.” Manuel was responding to ...

2200 teachers with Covid-19 comorbidities told to return to school in the Cape By Okuhle Hlati Share 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 off...