Annual Report 2003/4 Department of Education

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Annual Report 2003/4Department of Education

• A presentation to the Portfolio Committee on
  Education2 November 2004

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Outline

• Delivery of measurable outcomes 2003/4
• Implementation of legislation passed during
  2003/4
• Delivery against Cluster targets
• Auditor Generals report
• Expenditure on Expanded Public Works Programme

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Measurable objectives

• Whether the Department has delivered on the
  measurable objectives identified in the Budget
  Vote?

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Systems Planning

• The focus for the year was on implementation of
  recommendations of the Cost of Education Study
• Relieving the poor of the burden of school fees
• Investigating mechanisms of reducing access
  barriers for children in rural areas
• With regard to infrastructure development, the ff
  achievements were recorded
• Reduction in number of schools with learners
  under trees
• Completion of the Thuba Makote project that
  created temporary employment of 71 244 person
  days for local communities
• Monitoring capital expenditure in provinces,

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General Education Training

• Progress has been good
• Highlights include
• Successful roll-out of the Revised National
  Curriculum Statements
• Development of Common Tasks Assessment
• Complete audit of Special schools to establish
  capital, material human resources required in
  special schhols
• SANLI reached 72 of the targeted learners across
  provinces
• Assisting community-based ECD sites to access
  learning programmes through radio
• Successful conduct of the third countrywide
  elections of SGBs

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General Education Training

• Challenges that remain hinder progress include
• A vibrant teacher training system for ABET
  educators

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Further Education and Training

• A number of successes were recorded in FET
• A 10 increase in participation in Maths and
  Science
• A 30 increase in performance in Maths Science
• Declaration of National Curriculum statements
  Grades 10 to 12 as policy
• Improving the profile of FET Colleges
• Amalgamating 152 colleges into 50 vibrant mega
  institutions
• Awarding excellence and performance both in
  schools Colleges
• Setting up of management structures in all
  Colleges

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Higher Education

• In the higher education programme, the following
  highlights were noted
• Successful implementation of the first mergers
  and incorporations that are part of the
  transformation of higher education
• Development of a new funding framework for higher
  education
• Launching a review of NSFAS to improve efficacy
  in terms of coverage and size

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Quality promotions

• The single most important achievement with regard
  to quality promotion was the signing of the IQMS
• Intention of the system is to improve performance
  by evaluate educators for salary grade
  progression
• Launch of the Grade 3 Systemic Evaluation Report
• 54 000 learners in 1 400 schools participated in
  the survey
• The report provides baseline information that
  will be used as a benchmark to monitor progress
  impact of our interventions
• Mean scores Numeracy 30 Literacy 50 and
  Life Skills 54 will direct interventions

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Implementation of legislation passed during 2003/4

• Whether the Department has implemented the
  legislation passed during the year under review

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Legislation

• A number of polices and pieces of legislation
  were gazetted during this period
• Religion in Education Policy
• Has been implemented already since it was in line
  with our Constitutional principles
• National Curriculum Statement (Gr 10-12)
• This is a progression of the OBE curriculum
• Implementation is set for 2006 in Grade 10
• Between the time policy was promulgated and 2006,
  the Department will be preparing teachers,
  materials and learners for implementation
• White Paper on e-Education
• Implementation plans have been developed that
  take into consideration development levels in
  each province

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Legislation

• Policy for measurement of Research Output of
  Public HE Institutions
• Purpose is to encourage research output
  productivity
• Comes into effect in January 2005
• IQMS immediate implementation, already under
  way
• Language policy in HE
• Comes into effect January 2005
• New Funding Framework for HE
• Comes into effect at the beginning of 2004/5
  financial year

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Cluster targets

• To what extent has the Department delivered on
  the targets given by to it by its Cluster?

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Social Cluster

• Cluster targets for the Department were
• Prepare for the take over of the National School
  Nutrition Programme by April 2004
• The Department did put up the necessary systems
  in place to ensure successful implementation of
  the NSNP
• Focus was to ensure smooth transition
• Expand the reach of ECD
• Focus was on ensuring that the material available
  to a few institutions through radios and
  television, was made accessible to
  Community-based sites as well
• A total of 4 615 basic kits of learning resources
  were distributed, against the expected 4 500
• 80 additional sites were equipped with radio and
  television
• 104 television and 100 radio shows broadcast

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Auditor-Generals Report

• Has the Department incurred any irregular
  expenditure patterns based on the Auditor
  Generals Report?

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Feedback from the Auditor General

• The department of Education has consistently
  received a clean bill of health from the Auditor
  General
• There are two issues that were raised by the
  Auditor General that require attention
• Conditional grants
• Inadequacy of the Windows 2000 system to prevent
  detect unauthorized access into the system

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Expenditure on EPWP

• To what extent is the Department committing its
  Expenditure on the Extended Public Works
  Programme to create jobs in the alleviation of
  poverty?

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Job creation

• There are three projects that the Department has
  used to create employment
• Ikhwelo Project
• This project was an ABET programme that used the
  EPWP model to create employment opportunities in
  local communities
• Also links with SETAs to offer ABET programmes
  through learnerships
• Thuba Makote Project
• This was a school infrastructure programme that
  created 71 244 person days of employment to local
  communities
• ECD Programmes
• The training of ECD facilitators has also been
  based on the EPWP model