It was important that the Department looked at publishing vacancy bulletins at least four times a year and worked to filling the important management positions as a matter of urgency. The issue of timeous filling of vacancies had always been a matter fought for by SADTU. The position of SADTU on post provisioning was to ensure that each subject had a teacher to teach it. SADTU mentioned that the Province had experienced a shortage of teachers as well as the exodus of the qualified teachers. It was also important that four-year-olds were included in the Grade R schooling system, with practitioners in Grade R all on the same level.