{"id":81850,"date":"2025-03-19T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/r200m-national-govt-grant-sees-return-of-teacher-assistant-programme-in-gauteng"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:04:19","slug":"r200m-national-govt-grant-sees-return-of-teacher-assistant-programme-in-gauteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/r200m-national-govt-grant-sees-return-of-teacher-assistant-programme-in-gauteng","title":{"rendered":"R200m national govt grant sees return of teacher assistant programme in Gauteng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The teacher assistant programme will return to Gauteng after the province secured a grant of R200 million from the national government.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Gauteng Department of Education had to let go of more than 1,000 assistant teachers after funding was pulled for the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties accused the African National Congress (ANC)-led government of using the programme as an election ploy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said this programme was always dependent on funding from the national government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing this so those young people that don\u2019t have opportunities can get those opportunities, so that a majority of our young people can be active in the economy of our province. We are also doing this to create skills development for our young people. So those that are accusing us of electioneering are just those who are lazy to think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Gauteng \u2018teachers assistants\u2019 programme is coming back after the provincial government received an allocation R207 million from Presidential Youth Employment Initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The teacher assistant programme will return to Gauteng after the province secured a grant of R200 million from the national government. In 2024, the Gauteng Department of Education had to let go of more than 1,000 assistant teachers after funding was pulled for the programme. 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