MEDIA STATEMENT

25.06.2009

SADTU National Executive Committee calls for
- teacher development and opening of colleges
- OSD agreement and 15% salary increase for 2009

SADTU’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met in Johannesburg over the last two days (24-25 June) to chart the way forward on the following issues:

Teacher Development Summit

In relation to the Summit to be jointly convened with the Department of Education next week, the NEC called for concrete outcomes from this process.  In particular we want to see the reopening of the colleges of education to increase the output of new teachers, in line with the decision of the ANC - at least one in each province by 2010. It is also a question of developing new modes of delivery of teacher development.

In particular:

• We need to streamline current policies to reduce bureaucracy for the teachers. in particular we call for the immediate halt of processes related to the NEEDU ;

• Provide a supportive context for teacher development to take place in the schools

• Capacitate the School Districts to provide support

• Provide national funding for teacher development. Read more