SADTU calls for new systems Mkhululi Ndamase, Daily Dispatch, East London, 17 May 2016 The SA Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) wants post provision norms and the model used to allocate teachers to schools scrapped. The union wants it replaced with one that would see more teachers employed. This emerged at a public meeting at the Mthatha Town Hall yesterday. The union said under the current system, teachers were allocated to schools based on the number of pupils registered. SADTU instead wants teachers allocated to schools based on the number of subjects offered. This, they argue, would improve pass results as teachers would not be overworked. The union wants a system to improve the pupil-teacher ratio and says the current one is "inefficient and anti-revolutionary". About 400 members picketed in front of the Mthatha education district offices. SADTU provincial task team facilitator Thabile Kunene, addressing the meeting, said: "This model is not assisting our schools and it must be changed because it only benefits the former model C and private schools. "The department is still continuing perpetuating imbalances of the past and as a revolutionary trade union, we cannot allow that." Kunene said to ensure that teaching would not be disrupted, the union only pulled one teacher - a site steward - out of each school to be part of the pickets throughout the province yesterday. The pickets were only a building block to a bigger campaign, he said, adding the SADTU national executive committee would mull what action to take when it meets on June 1 and 2. He also complained that nutrition money was not being deposited to schools, saying pupils were starving in schools as a result. "I saw in Limpopo that they were using milk to put out fires when the schools were set alight. "In other provinces, learners eat breakfast before attending classes - not in this province," he said. While highlighting that issues raised by Port Elizabeth Northern Areas parents were genuine when they closed down more than 20 schools earlier this year, Kunene said the education department treated former Transkei schools like a stepchild. "We are presiding over an ailing education system. "Teachers are only taken to the Northern Areas in Port Elizabeth because they can close down schools while this side of the Kei [river] we don't have schools," he charged. Mthatha education district director Temba Dyasi said he would elevate the issues to the provincial office. [email protected] From: http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/sadtu-calls-for-new-systems/ -- -- 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.
