With formalisation of Gr.R, teachers need more funding - SADTU

JOHANNESBURG - Teachers need more funding since grade R will be formalised.

This is according to SADTU's Mugwena Maluleke.

"Even if you have a school that has enough teachers, it is still overcrowded because it doesn't have the infrastructure," he says.

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