Retrenchment is a threat to one's existing lifestyle, as it affects one financially and otherwise.
Recently graduated teachers have, in some cases, been unemployed for up to five years since graduation. Some of these graduates have taken out loans to study and are now unable to repay them. The Department of Education houses other professions, which include human resource management, customer care, accounting, as well as administrative and communication posts among others. Unemployed teaching graduates and employed teachers have often taken other courses, other than those relating to teaching. Teachers are not financially rewarded for such qualifications, as they are deemed irrelevant to the profession and because of that teachers often do not declare their qualifications to the department.