Johannesburg – The North West Department of Education said it would ensure that all payments of outstanding stipends for general and education assistants are settled before the beginning of Phase IV.
This comes after the department received queries from the youth who participated in Phase III of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative, as general and education assistants, who have not received all their stipends.
Their contracts ended on August 31.
The department said the reason for the delay in payments is that some schools could not capture all the appointed assistants on the Data Management System used.
“At the moment, the department has embarked on a verification and mop-up process…
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