Council of Education Ministers meets to discuss impact of school budget cuts

A special meeting of the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) will be convened this week to discuss the effect of budget cuts on provincial education departments across the country.An analysis of provincial feedback would inform the basis of discussions between basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube, National Treasury and the finance minister, the minister said. Gwarube held an impromptu engagement with representatives from all five teacher unions on the sidelines of the department’s strategic planning session in Pretoria.The minister briefed unions about convening a meeting of the…