Answer to Question #324238 in English for Thabza

Question

Approaches to teaching and learning

Working conditions

Economic conditions

Personal life

Answer 1

Economic conditions

• increasing salaries to become properly relative to those paid to other professionals in equivalent occupations and the provision of incentives such as health insurance, retirement and pension plans, and housing or suitable accommodation and transportation allowances for those who work in remote rural communities;

Working conditions

• provision of basic facilities in classrooms, adequate equipment, learning materials and supplies and maintenance of school buildings;
• reasonable and manageable class sizes or the implementation of alternative staffing patterns, for example, teacher-aides;

Personsl life

• adequate pre-service and continuing education to equip teachers to provide quality education;
• provision of adequate supervision and support for teachers by training supervisors, setting up accountability mechanisms and organizing group-learning schemes for teachers and supervisors;
• involving teachers in the development and reform of educational policies and programmes.