Eastern Cape Department of Education - HRM&D Circular No 6 of 2022
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Collected on 17 June 2026
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PROCESSING OF TRANSFER REQUESTS
Educator transfers are enabled again, and districts are instructed to engage and facilitate inter-district placements and transfers of additional educators.
- Who it is for
- Educators requesting transfers and additional educators requiring inter-district placement
- How to act on it
- Engage the relevant district, which facilitates inter-district placement and transfer of additional educators.
The document's recorded date is 15 July 2022. Confirm on the official source.
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However, a decision was taken to lift the transfers and enable schools to fill their vacancies.
FILLING OF VACANT POST LEVEL ONE EDUCATOR POSTS
Districts may fill vacant substantive PL 1 educator posts, prioritising additional educators and then using the specified categories of unemployed graduates where no suitable additional educator is available.
- Who it is for
- Additional educators, unemployed new graduates and, only after the stated categories are exhausted, resigned educators
- How to act on it
- Districts follow the stated priority order, use their database of unemployed new graduates, and submit a motivation with clear evidence to the Head of Department if considering a resigned educator. They must obtain Head of Department approval where required and avoid oversubscribing their PPN allocation.
- Closes
- 15 July 2022
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Districts are yet again reminded to finalize their placement of additional educators before 15 July 2022
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Eastern Cape
Key Takeaways
- HRM & D Circular No 6 of 2022
- Eastern Cape Department of Education
- Filling vacant PL 1 educator posts and processing transfer requests
- Transfers lifted to enable schools to fill vacancies
- Priority order: additional educators, Fundza Lushaka bursary holders at 30%, Matthew Goniwe bursary holders at 25%, NSFAS beneficiaries at 25%, and self-funded graduates at 20%
- Head of Department approval required for appointing resigned educators
- Additional educator placement deadline: 15 July 2022
- Circular date: 5 July 2022
- Eastern Cape Department of Education
- Fundza Lushaka
- Matthew Goniwe
- NSFAS
- Mr M. Madityana
- S. MNGUNI
Dates
Opening Date
1 January 2022
Closing Date
Closing date unclear: the recorded date (15 July 2022) does not fit when it was published, so it is not shown as the closing date