# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says the department is engaging provinces and the National Treasury on the impact of fiscal pressures on funded posts and schooling capacity. There were 17-thousand-450 vacancies across 389-thousand-286 allocated posts by the end of January this year. Gwarube says educator posts allocated through approved provincial establishments were intended to be funded posts, but the Post Provisioning Norms did not provide for the allocation of unfunded posts. She says the department is reviewing the Post Provisioning Norms urgently.
Minister Gwarube engaging Treasury on funded posts and schooling capacity