The Bhisho Education Department has reached out to all professionally qualified educators, including those employed by School Governing Bodes and private schools and who want to join the public service, to submit their details to its head office in Zwelitsha, King Williams Town.
In a statement on Monday the Department said this was in a bid to address teacher shortages and to fill substantive vacant posts.
The Eastern Cape Education Department says the recruitment project is meant to last until the 31st of March and will help fill 1665 Post level One vacancies in the Department's 23 districts.
Education Department spokesperson, Mali Mtima, said that the process of placement will be done in consultation with the various School Governing Bodies and the recognised trade unions that are participating in the Education Labour Relations Council in this province.
Mtima said "the package to submit includes a formal application for employment forms (Z83) and each person should at least provide not less than 3 options for placement."
Applicants will be considered based on their personal profiles and the job profile of the available position.
Meanwhile, Eastern Cape Premier, Phumulo Masualle, was locked in meeting with education officials on Monday to address ongoing challenges facing education in Nelson Mandela, particularly in the city's Northern Areas.
The meeting cames amid the closure of some schools in the Northern Areas over teachers shortages among other things.
The party's Provincial Working Committee held its first meeting of 2016 in Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday, where education and other organisational matters were on the agenda.
Addressing the media on Monday, the ANC's deputy provincial chairperson, Sakhumzi Somyo, said "it was clear after last week's schools visit by the Premier that there were more issues that needed his attention."
'In outlining the programme of government we must take into consideration that there are a number of parties involved in a systemic way so that those who are carrying (out) government work they must know where the government is directing them to. As indicated they must maximise teaching time, they must ensure that those who administer do so properly and to provide support to educators and learners," Somyo said.
The Eastern Cape's matric pass rate had declined by 8.6% to 56.8%.
