Removing unqualified teachers would create a 'crisis' in SA

Academic expert Fathima Razack has urged those who do not achieve their desired outcomes not to despair.
Academic expert Fathima Razack has urged those who do not achieve their desired outcomes not to despair.
More than 5‚000 underqualified or unqualified teachers are teaching mathematics‚ sciences‚ technology and African languages.

They cannot be eliminated from South Africa’s basic education system because there is a tremendous shortage of teachers‚ Business Day

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/education/2017-08-08-shortage-keeps-poorly-qualified-teachers-in-place/ reported on Tuesday.

Removing unqualified teachers from the system would create a crisis‚ said Department of Basic Education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga.

Unqualified teachers’ highest qualification is matric while underqualified teachers had post-matric qualifications but less than three years of on-the-job training.

"They are teaching in critical ... where there is a shortage ‚" said Mhlanga.

-TimesLIVE

Source: TMG Digital.

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