Teachers’ Group Urges Investigation into Rise of Unqualified Educators

The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa is calling on the South African Council for Educators to investigate the alleged rise in unqualified teachers working at schools. This comes after the Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa revealed that it has received an alarming number of reports of under and unqualified educators, including students, hired to teaching posts at some private schools across the country. Naptosa’s executive director, Basil Manuel, told Newzroom Afrika that schools must be held accountable by parents: