A teacher retirement wave is about to hit SA: what it means for class size

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It is clear from the current age structure of the teacher workforce that there will be a large wave of retirements until 2040.

Firstly, though policy distributes teaching posts equitably,Secondly, the policy doesn’t take classrooms into account. Based on enrolment, 20 teaching posts could be allocated to a school with 15 classrooms.that poor timetabling and poor use of teaching time result in too many free periods for teachers, and too few classes being taught at any time.

Schools with similar teacher-pupil ratios end up with very different class sizes, depending on the province.shows in primary schools with a teacher for every 32 pupils, as an example, the percentage of the school’s pupils in a class exceeding 40 pupils differs vastly. In the Free State and Gauteng this figure is around 30% of pupils. In other provinces, it more than double that.

 

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It's maybe time for younger qualified teachers to enter the education process to uplift the children before they become taxpayers parasites.

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