Project Literacy Forced to Retrench Staff
Project Literacy, the largest provider of adult basic education and training (ABET) in South Africa, has been forced to shut down its provincial offices and retrench more than half its staff after the government withdrew a major contract.
Project Literacy chief executive, Andrew Miller, points out that the former director-general of the Department of Higher Education and Training, Mary Metcalfe, had awarded the contract, on behalf of the National Skills Fund (NSF), in September but that it had been withdrawn three weeks later.
Miller, who states that the organisation trained 35 000 people in literacy and numeracy skills in the 2009 financial year, says that 47 out of the 78 staff members will be retrenched and that all seven regional offices will be closed.
Meanwhile, acting national director for the Read Educational Trust, Bertus Matthee, describes the loss of Project Literacy national structure as a disaster for literacy in the country.
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Project Literacy chief executive, Andrew Miller, points out that the former director-general of the Department of Higher Education and Training, Mary Metcalfe, had awarded the contract, on behalf of the National Skills Fund (NSF), in September but that it had been withdrawn three weeks later.
Miller, who states that the organisation trained 35 000 people in literacy and numeracy skills in the 2009 financial year, says that 47 out of the 78 staff members will be retrenched and that all seven regional offices will be closed.
Meanwhile, acting national director for the Read Educational Trust, Bertus Matthee, describes the loss of Project Literacy national structure as a disaster for literacy in the country.
To read the article titled, “Project Literacy forced to fire staff,” click here.
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Independent Online
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