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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
New SETA landscape
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the National Skills Development Plan and Sector Education and Training Authority Landscape to the Committee and shared their developments upon opening the proposal up for public comment and the Department’s plans for transformation and integration of the post-school education and training system. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its Quarter 3 performance
1 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the Third Quarter performance report 2016/17. The Department had 38 performance indicators that encompassed 70 targets, but in the quarter under review, there were ten targets, mainly in the core delivery programmes of University Education, Skills Development and the Community Education and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Examination certificate backlog challenges and process: Department, Umalusi and State Information Technology Agency briefings
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Umalusi briefed the Committee on the backlog in issuing certification of qualifications. DHET covered the reasons for non-release, the gaps in the 2016 November certification process, the status of that certification and the way forward. Some ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS Student Centred Model: briefing; Action Plan to address issues raised by College management and stakeholders during oversight visit: Department & South West Gauteng TVET College briefing
15 Feb 2017
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme presented the report on the rollout of the new Student Centred Model, which included challenges and progress on student funding applications. The Student Centred Model allowed Matriculants or equivalent pupils that were first-time entrants to Higher Education Institutions, as well as returning students who ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 2
16 Nov 2016
The sub-committee continued to interview candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). Only 6 candidates were interviewed because one had withdrawn after receiving another appointment.
The questions asked were aimed at determining the candidates’ notions regarding their fitness and propriety for the post. They ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 1; Committee Report on PSC candidate security checks & qualifications verification
15 Nov 2016
The sub-committee formed to interview the candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC) asked probing and relevant questions in the course of a marathon session. It had short-listed 14 candidates based on set criteria, which included that a candidate must be ‘fit and proper’, ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission: Building a professional public service; Management of Service Terminations & Pensions Pay-outs; Public Service Regulations 2015
9 Nov 2016
Delegations from the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) combined to advise the Portfolio Committee on the amendments to the public service regulations aimed at the professionalization of the public service, and to provide recommendations on how to avoid delays in pension payouts, ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: Shortlisting of candidates
1 Nov 2016
The Sub-Committee considered the short-listing of candidates for the PSC Commissioners.
The Committee short-listed candidates’ numbers: 8, 40, 51, 66, 67, 78, 86, 90, 116, 113, 120, 122, 124 and 126. Interviews of the short-listed candidates would take place on the 15 November 2016.
Committee Minutes of 14 October 2016 ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation; Statistics SA BRRR; Public Service Commissioner: shortlisting of candidates
20 Oct 2016
At the outset, the Committee discussed how to proceed when the Acting Chairperson could not be present, and whether the Rules of the NA allowed for the election of another Acting Chairperson. After discussion, Members agreed to ask Ms R Lesoma to act as Interim Acting Chairperson for this meeting, ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, NYDA & Stats SA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports; Committee Report on BRRR
13 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration/ Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation heard presentations from Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) on their 2015/16 annual reports.
StatsSA said it was still growing and was currently in its ...