A latest parliamentary reply from Fundamental Training Minister Siviwe Gwarube reveals a stark actuality: simply 761 social providers professionals are left to cowl South Africa’s complete public schooling sector, with additional enlargement blocked by tight finances caps. Compounding this monetary freeze, crucial rules to formalise faculty social work have been stalled in administrative limbo since 2020, leaving overextended academics to navigate a mounting classroom psychological well being disaster completely alone.
SUPPORT VACUUM: 9 thousand social staff are unemployed, and one million learners are in disaster
