The Executive Management Committee (EMC) of the Limpopo Department of Education is firm on improving distribution of learners and teachers supporting material. The department is eager to make sure all learners get their books on time and avoid service delivery barriers. This follows the decision to establish the Departmental LTSM Committee in current financial year.
Parents, teachers and learners will also be assisted with better ways of retrieving study material at the end of each year. Improved retrieval strategy will assist in making sure that reading materials are safely used and returned in good conditions.
The EMC also took a decision that the department will increase interactions with different stakeholders to share the programmes and activities of the department and also to plan together with relevant stakeholders. It was reported in this meeting that the department is currently in the process verify qualifications of 547 foreign educators as part of closing the shortage of rare-skilled educators such as those of mathematics, Science and technology. The process will provide the department with a data base of qualified teachers and this will make it easy for the department to incrementally close the gap.
The EMC also condemned the situation where community members interfere with the process of deployment of teachers to schools by refusing to accept teachers even though there is shortage of teachers with such skills in their schools. Also condemned was the growing tendency where some community members close schools’ gates and disturb the process of learning and teaching. Members of the community are encouraged to visit circuit offices should there be anything they need clarity on before they move to the districts and the provincial office.
Enquiries:
Paena Galane
Tel: 015 290 9347
Cell: 072 069 4500
