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Zimbabweans teaching South Africans
26 Jul 2011 at 06:36hrs | Views
South Africa's Department of Basic Education is struggling to find South Africans who can teach maths, science and technology an South African provinces are going for foreign teachers .
More than 5400 foreign teachers work in public schools. Most of them, 3796, are from Zimbabwe, according to May figures taken from the South African government employee database, Persal.
A total of 501 are from India, 500 from Ghana and 90 from Namibia.
Most of the foreign teachers teach maths, physical science and technology to pupils from Grade 7 to Grade 12 and work in Gauteng (1286), Eastern Cape (975) and Limpopo (934).
Teachers' unions said yesterday that the country is not producing sufficient teachers because school leavers shun the occupation because of the low pay.
More than 5400 foreign teachers work in public schools. Most of them, 3796, are from Zimbabwe, according to May figures taken from the South African government employee database, Persal.
Most of the foreign teachers teach maths, physical science and technology to pupils from Grade 7 to Grade 12 and work in Gauteng (1286), Eastern Cape (975) and Limpopo (934).
Teachers' unions said yesterday that the country is not producing sufficient teachers because school leavers shun the occupation because of the low pay.
Source - Byo24News
