Over 2.7 Million Education Applications

By: Bongani Gina

The Department of Basic Education says it has received more than 2.7-million applications from more than 475 000 young people who have applied for 287 000 teaching and general assistant positions.

The department is hiring for phase 2 which will start on the 1st of November and runs to March next year. Applications for this phase were opened on 27 September and applicants were given until yesterday to apply.

The department says since the opening of the application process, the department’s website experienced extremely high volumes, causing it to slow down.

It believes that this may be due to the high youth unemployment rate.