Education is grinding to a standstill in the Eastern Cape following the latest illegal action by Sadtu which has swept across the province this morning. The latest information I have received from the districts is that Sadtu has instructed — and in some cases forced — officials at these offices to vacate the premises. This [...]

It comes as no surprise why parents in the Eastern Cape are choosing to move their children, albeit at great costs and financial sacrifices, to the Western Cape to complete their education. The Eastern Cape education is on the verge of total collapse with the post provisioning of 2012 not fully implemented and educators on [...]

The Eastern Cape education department has filled 1500 vacancies following wildcat strikes by teachers who complained about being overworked, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Loyiso Pulumani said the department was “pushing hard” to ensure schools’ staff needs were met and that teachers for core subjects were in their posts.

The Democratic Alliance, through its persistent and continuous debates and interaction with the Department of Education, is pleased to announce that more than 1 500 of 2 103 temporary educators have, as an interim measure, been appointed in substantive vacant posts. This will relieve the pressure on those schools with a dire shortage of teachers [...]

The process of post provisioning has been completed, but sadly 8 000 vacancies have as yet not been filled. This is of grave concern as the absence of teachers in classrooms will have a detrimental effect on the provision of sustained quality education. There are currently 6 715 teachers in excess and a further 2 [...]

Honourable Speaker, Honourable Premier, Members of the Executive Council, Honourable members in the house and guests present here today, allow me to state unequivocally that it is indeed an honour and a privilege to present a report as a member of the Democratic Alliance, on the performance of the Provincial Department of Education for the [...]

PUPILS at several Eastern Cape schools that were severely damaged by storms last year may return to renovated classrooms next year after the Education Department received a multimillion-rand cash injection last week to fix them. Renovations to more than 60 schools in rural Transkei will begin later this month after the department received R125-million from [...]

SENIOR officials from the Eastern Cape department of education have been locked in meetings with five deputy ministers to assess the implementation of national intervention in the beleaguered department. The Daily Dispatch has learnt from a reliable source that deputy ministers involved in the national five-a-side team arrived on Monday for a two-day visit to [...]

Honourable Speaker, Honourable Premier and protocol observed, allow me respond to reports submitted by the Office of The Premier. Honourable Speaker, the Office of Premier must be commended for receiving an unqualified audit outcome for the financial year 2010/11. However, there are matters of emphasis, that were also observed, and which relates to:

MARKING of matric exam papers got off to a smooth start yesterday in the Eastern Cape with the department being commended for its preparedness. Members of the provincial legislatu portfolio committee on education, who visited all 15 marking centres in the Eastern Cape, said staff at the centres were well prepared.