Witness.png SADTU picket highlights lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms Sabelo Nsele, The Witness, Pietermaritzburg, 12 May 2016 Teachers' union SADTU continued with its picket outside the Education district offices on Wednesday, demanding the urgent filling of teaching posts around the province. The lunchtime pickets started on Tuesday. The union said the picket had only been attended by union leaders from the different schools. General secretary Mugwena Maluleke said the pickets had been organised to highlight the "unfair" treatment of the "child of the poor" and working class who are "subjected to deplorable conditions of overcrowded classrooms" due to the current Post Provisioning Norms (PPN). "After many attempts by the union pleading with the Department of Basic Education to review these norms, the National Executive Committee (NEC) resolved to engage in different forms of action, including pickets, to make our voice heard," he said. KZN MEC for Education Peggy Nkonyeni said although the issues being raised were directed to the national department, the province had covered a lot of ground regarding them. She said the province had ensured that schools are provided with an adequate number of teachers. "We can say without fear of contradiction that we do not have a problem of overcrowding [in classrooms] in this province. We are confident, however, that the national leadership of the department, together with that of SADTU will engage and find a solution to this matter," she said. [email protected] From: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sadtu-picket-highlights-lack-of-teach ers-overcrowded-classrooms-20160511 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
