SADTU's National Picket against Overcrowding in Schools is TODAY, 11h00, Sol Plaatjie Hse, 222 Struben Str, Pretoria. All who oppose overcrowding in schools are welcome to attend. _____
Maritzburg Fever.png Teacher's union fights classroom over-crowding Nqobile Mtolo, Maritzburg Fever, News24, 25 May 2016 The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) members in the Pietermaritzburg region picketed outside the Department of Education offices along Jabu Ndlovu and Burger streets recently, calling for investigations into the alleged illegal hiring of teachers and overcrowding of classrooms, which they want investigated immediately. SADTU provincial secretary Dolly Caluza said that classroom overcrowding is more prevalent at schools in the townships and rural areas. "Our teachers are struggling a lot, especially when it comes to overcrowding and the dislocation of the post-provisioning norm. SADTU KZN at Pietermaritzburg.jpg "In some schools you find that there are 100 pupils in one classroom and it is difficult for pupils to focus and even ask questions because the environment does not allow for a teacher-pupil connection. "The set-up puts a lot of pressure on pupils to accept the situation. "In some schools there is no workshop that could help pupils choose their subjects carefully towards what they intend to do after matric," said Caluza, adding that the majority of the pupils end up doing subjects that are irrelevant to their career choices. She said some of the teachers are not qualified to teach. "That kills our education system as a country. "You've got teachers that travel long distances from their home to school, but they earn peanuts. "The number of teachers must not depend on the number of subjects each school provides, it must depend on the number of pupils each school has. "We can't have 70 pupils in one classroom just because they have a few subjects," she added. From: <http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Maritzburg-Fever/teachers-union-fig hts-classroom-over-crowding-20160518> http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Maritzburg-Fever/teachers-union-figh ts-classroom-over-crowding-20160518 -- -- 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.
