1700 new teaching posts created
STAFF REPORTER
More than 1 700 teacher vacancies will be advertised by the education ministry today in the new teacher vacancy bulletin for next year. The bulletin is included in today’s Namibian Sun.
In a statement released this week, education spokesperson Absalom Absalom said of the 1 746 posts that were approved, 35 are for principals, 121 for department heads and 1 590 for teachers.
“The posts have been identified as critical, hence the need to be filled in order for the teaching and learning process not to be compromised,” Absalom said in a statement.
He added that vacant posts for school principals and department heads that have already been advertised are not included in the new posts advertised.
Absalom underlined further that the “issue of overstaffing and understaffing, currently studying and employed teachers with a ministerial five-year contract have been considered and addressed before this submission”.
The teaching posts are currently occupied by temporary teachers whose contracts end in December this year, while heads of department and principal positions are occupied through acting posts.
The ministry further provided a comparison of the overall positions to be filled over a two-year period, which shows a decrease of 366 vacant positions.
A decrease in teaching vacant positions with 261, from the total of 1 851 for 2019 against the 1 590 for 2020.
A decrease in head of department vacant positions by 74, from 195 for 2019 to 121 for 2020.
Further, a decrease in principal vacant positions totalling 31, from 66 in 2019 to 35 for 2020.
The closing date for the teacher positions is 11 October, while the closing date for applications for the position of principal or head of department is 25 October.
More than 1 700 teacher vacancies will be advertised by the education ministry today in the new teacher vacancy bulletin for next year. The bulletin is included in today’s Namibian Sun.
In a statement released this week, education spokesperson Absalom Absalom said of the 1 746 posts that were approved, 35 are for principals, 121 for department heads and 1 590 for teachers.
“The posts have been identified as critical, hence the need to be filled in order for the teaching and learning process not to be compromised,” Absalom said in a statement.
He added that vacant posts for school principals and department heads that have already been advertised are not included in the new posts advertised.
Absalom underlined further that the “issue of overstaffing and understaffing, currently studying and employed teachers with a ministerial five-year contract have been considered and addressed before this submission”.
The teaching posts are currently occupied by temporary teachers whose contracts end in December this year, while heads of department and principal positions are occupied through acting posts.
The ministry further provided a comparison of the overall positions to be filled over a two-year period, which shows a decrease of 366 vacant positions.
A decrease in teaching vacant positions with 261, from the total of 1 851 for 2019 against the 1 590 for 2020.
A decrease in head of department vacant positions by 74, from 195 for 2019 to 121 for 2020.
Further, a decrease in principal vacant positions totalling 31, from 66 in 2019 to 35 for 2020.
The closing date for the teacher positions is 11 October, while the closing date for applications for the position of principal or head of department is 25 October.
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