All set for 2024 academic year
The KZN MEC for Education, Mbali Frazer said they encourage parents to actively participate in nominating and electing community members in good standing, who are passionate about the well-being and effectiveness of the school community as well as the teaching and learning in our schools.
The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government’s executive council is reminding parents that 2024 is an election year, not only for the government but also for the School Governing Bodies.
The KZN MEC for Education, Mbali Frazer said they encourage parents to actively participate in nominating and electing community members in good standing, who are passionate about the well-being and effectiveness of the school community as well as the teaching and learning in our schools.
Frazer was speaking at the last media briefing for 2023 held by the provincial government’s executive council recently.
“If anything, remember that School Governing Bodies affect the future of our learners, your children’s education,” she said.
Frazer also highlighted the department’s state of readiness for the 2024 academic year.
She said the department has already finalised 92% of learner-teacher materials orders, with some already delivered to schools.
She said she recently concluded her Educator Post Creation process, maintaining the 90 057 pool of educator posts and all schools have been issued new Post Provisioning Norms to determine vacancies, if any.
“Vacancies will be filled by January 15, through allocation of surplus teachers and or open vacancy and this will enable the schools to reopen without shortages of learner materials or teachers,” she said.
Also, the MEC assured the executive council that all issues around the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) have been resolved, saying that it will continue to run smoothly in January 2024 when schools reopen.
She said the NSNP will continue to provide nutritious meals to 2 477 132 learners in 5 436 schools throughout the province, at a Rand value of approximately R2 09 billion inclusive of feeding, compensation of employees and nutrition education activities.
Frazer said it further contributes to the improvement of the livelihoods of poor communities through the creation of work opportunities.
“In 2022 alone, the programme created opportunities for 14 868 Volunteer Food Handlers and 246 Chief Food Handlers who are recruited from unemployed parents of learners and local youth to prepare meals for benefitting learners and or provide administrative support to schools,” said Frazer.
