The Department of Basic Education has conceded that over 21% of Grade R teachers across the country do not possess the requisite skills to teach. According to the department, KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of unqualified Grade R teachers with 1 937, followed by the Western Cape with 1 416. This observation was made during the department’s oversight visits as part of the BELA Bill implementation. For more analysis on this, we are joined by….

GUEST: Professor Mary Metcalfe, Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg