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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the umpteenth time I have repeated in this House and I think for purposes of clarity, we now know there is a shortage of 66,000 teachers representing 43,000 in primary schools and 23,000 in secondary schools. In the last brokered agreement between ourselves, the unions and the Treasury, we have been able to recruit more than 18,000 teachers through the contract. These teachers have already reported to classrooms. Obviously, with attrition and teachers recruited about two months before, we now stand at 21,000 teachers recruited. If you subtract that from the 66,000 teachers, we still have a shortage of 45,000 teachers on the overall global figure. It is my intention and I think I have already issued a Ministerial Statement to that effect that in the next budget, we intend to pursue and agree with the Treasury that we be allocated additional resources in order to reduce the shortage further. Come 2012, by Godâs grace, we should be in a position to level out the shortage. We are dealing with a way to phase out the contract teachers to permanent and pensionable level."
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