Met klaskamers wat tot oorlopens toe vol is, onderwysers wat ander heenkome oorsee gaan soek en leerders wat aan die kortste ent trek, is die aankondiging dat onderwysposte besnoei gaan word, wyd met skok begroet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Wes-Kaapse onderwysdepartement (WKOD) het onlangs aangekondig dat \u2019n tekort van sowat R3,8 miljard sal lei tot die besnoeiing van byna 2 400 kontrakposte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \u2019n verklaring verduidelik die departement slegs 64% van sy begroting is deur die nasionale departement van basiese onderwys goedgekeur. Ten spyte van die besnoeiing van sy begroting wat administratiewe dienste, die kurrikulum en infrastruktuur insluit, was dit steeds nie genoeg om op te maak vir die gebrek aan geld nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die WKOD het in Januarie aangekondig hy sal nie net hard baklei om leerders in skole te kry nie, maar ook om skole teen \u2019n vinniger tempo te bou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
David Maynier, die Wes-Kaapse minister van onderwys, het in Januarie ges\u00ea die departement doen alles in sy vermo\u00eb om skole teen \u2019n vinniger tempo te bou deur sy \u201cVinnige skoolbou-program\u201d ten spyte van die massiewe knou van R716,4 miljoen uit die onderwysbegroting in die provinsie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns amptenare en kontrakteurs het deur die vakansie gewerk om te verseker dat ons die aantal plekke beskikbaar het vir die leerders vir wie ons reeds aansoeke ontvang het,\u201d het hy in Januarie in \u2019n persverklaring ges\u00ea. Altesaam 10 nuwe skole en drie vervangingskole sal volgens hom vanjaar gebou word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oor die situasie waarin die Wes-Kaap hom nou bevind, het Maynier ges\u00ea: \u201cDie departement moes nooit in hierdie posisie geplaas gewees het nie en ons sal alles in ons vermo\u00eb doen om vir ons onderwysers te baklei.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea verder die besnoeiing van kontrak-onderwysers kan ook daartoe lei dat sommige permanente onderwysers gevra kan word om na \u2019n ander skool te skuif waar \u2019n geskikte vakature oop is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Makanatsa Ziyambi van Equal Education meen die publiek moet druk op die nasionale en provinsiale onderwysdepartemente uitoefen om hul grondwetlike verpligtinge teenoor leerders na te kom. \u201cHierdie besnoeiing van 2 703 poste is nie net syfers nie \u2013 dit is bestaande poste. Minder onderwysers vir meer leerders sal \u2019n langdurige negatiewe uitwerking op leerders se opvoeding h\u00ea. Oorvol klaskamers is reeds \u2019n probleem wat as gevolg van die \u00adbesnoeiing verder sal eskaleer,\u201d s\u00ea Ziyambi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy s\u00ea dit is veral leerders van skole sonder skoolfooie waar die gehalte van onderrig daaronder sal ly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die WKOD het ook \u2019n lys bekend gemaak van die streke wat die meeste geraak gaan word en daarvolgens gaan 117 poste in die Overberg besnoei word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hermanus Times<\/em> het met van die plaaslike skole in die Overberg oor die aankondiging gesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit is nie die skool, onderwyser of regering wat daaronder gaan ly nie, maar die kinders. Skokkende statistieke oor graad vier-leerders wat nog nie kan lees nie en wiskunde wat nou nie die gunstelingvak onder leerders is nie, maak hierdie situasie nog moeiliker. As \u2019n mens na die top-10 skole in die land kyk, is daar nie een skool uit die agtergeblewe gemeenskap wat deel van die topskole is nie. Waarom nie? Die antwoord is eenvoudig \u2013 skole in die agtergeblewe gemeenskap het nie die geld om top-onderwysers te lok nie en ook nie om beheerliggaamposte daar te stel nie. En wat gaan dit beteken? Dat die skole geraak gaan word deur die besnoeiing en dan net meer en meer agteruitgaan terwyl die leerder se agterstand nooit uitgewis kan word nie,\u201d het \u2019n onderwyser van Grabouw ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Volgens di\u00e9 onderwyser het hulle elke dag te doen met leerders wat spesiale aandag moet kry sodat hulle, as hulle die skool verlaat, darem \u2019n bydrae tot die samelewing kan maak. \u201cVir baie van die onderwysers is onderwys \u2019n passie en gaan dit nie oor die salaris nie. Dit breek ons harte dat ons nie die nodige aandag aan daardie leerder, wat spesiale aandag verg, kan gee nie aangesien ons klasse te vol is. Wat gaan hulle nou maak as poste besnoei gaan word en wat gaan van daardie leerders word?\u201d vra die betrokke onderwyser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vir die skole in Botrivier was die nuus ook skokkend. Nie net is daar \u2019n tekort aan skole in die dorp nie, maar nou gaan van die onderwysers ook in die slag bly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hermanus Times<\/em> het op 24 Januarie 2023 berig oor die probleme rakende skole in die dorp (Ouers ruk op oor probleme). Daarin is berig dat Botrivier Prim\u00ear net tot graad agt gaan en dat die skool se infrastruktuur ook nie veel te wense laat nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOns dorp het van die beste onderwysers. Iemand soos Christine Bester van Botrivier Prim\u00ear is hierdie jaar die Wes-Kaapse wenner vir uitnemendheid in laerskoolonderrig. Maar as poste besnoei gaan word, gaan sulke onderwysers se druk net meer word en dan staar hulle ook uitbranding in die gesig. Daar is so baie van ons ho\u00ebrskoolleerders wat van openbare vervoer gebruik moet maak om hulle by skole in Caledon en Grabouw te kry, en partykeer laat die openbare vervoer hulle in die steek ook. Nou het hulle nog \u2019n probleem wat hulle in die gesig staar, en dit is \u2019n onderwysertekort en nog voller klaskamers,\u201d het \u2019n inwoner van Botrivier ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Van die skole is ook van mening dat maniere vir hulle om vir die tekort aan personeellede op te maak, is om meer beheerliggaamsposte te skep of om die nodige geld in te samel om self vir kontrak-onderwysers te betaal, met albei opsies wat groter finansi\u00eble druk op skole plaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHierdie opsie kan werk vir skole waar skoolfonds gereeld betaal word, maar vir skole wat sukkel om kop bo water te hou, is dit nie moontlik nie. 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