Asia Study Tour Implications for Lesotho

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Asia Study TourImplications for Lesotho

• Ntsebe Kokome
• Principal Secretary
• Ministry of Education and Training

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Orienting education for development

• Key lesson Asian countries using education as a
  key driver of economic growth.
  
• Features
• Inter ministerial collaboration
• Results focus
• Clearly articulated structure - coordinated
  primary through higher education
  
• Sector responsiveness (pragmatic)

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Broadening access to education

• Primary
• Use of multigrade teaching in rural areas.
• Secondary
• the FPE bulge may double in 2007
• Optimise utilisation of existing schools
• Specific action for non-performing schools
• Performance management for principals (develop
  appraisal system)
  
• Double shift teaching in some schools
• Emergency new schools,
• Start with 3 teachers principal, ensure full
  teacher utilisation, use primary school
  buildings.
  
• Construct new buildings

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Improving quality of education

• Teachers
• Planned study on teacher issues.
• Review training, in-service support and
  inspection, incentives for rural teachers, and
  mathematics and science teachers
  
• Leadership
• Short course leadership training for principals.
• Leadership module included in pre-service
  training
  
• Assessment
• Reconsider assessment at key stages in primary
  education.
  
• Curriculum
• Gradually move to a narrower, deeper curriculum,
  with strong focus on Mathematics, Science,
  English and Sesotho
  
• Textbooks
• Concern at cost of textbooks in Lesotho
• Plan to review system, unpack different stages,
• Possibly reduce the choice of books.

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Re-focusing technical and vocational education

• Need to expedite the review of TVET sub-sector.
• Refine and approve the current draft policy
• Review the system for planning manpower needs
  (inter-ministerial industry)
  
• Develop a qualifications framework for TVET

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Reforming the Higher Education system

• Review and develop the funding strategy for HE
• Focus on priority areas
• Per capita funding for universities
• Reform the loan bursary scheme
• Competitive capital funding
• Consider encouraging the establishment of a
  private university
  
• Transformation of the university

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Thank you

• See you in the next tour..!!!
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