The national government's decision not to fully fund the 2023 public sector wage agreement has caused a fiscal crisis for education departments across the country, warned Western Cape education MEC David Maynier.
The Western Cape education department has been criticised after confirming 2,400 teaching posts would be cut in 2025 due to a R3.8bn budget shortfall over the next three years.
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) said poor working-class communities would bear the brunt of the cuts.
Schools in the province were told on Friday how they would be affected by the reduction in the basket of educator posts for 2025.
We are not firing teachers, and we are not retrenching teachers. The reduction in posts will mean some contract teachers will not be reappointed after their contracts end on December 312024, and some permanent teachers will be asked to move to another school where there is a suitable vacancy, said Maynier.
