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Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 performance
13 Nov 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to be briefed on the Department’s second quarter performance for the 2018/19 financial year. The presentation addressed major highlights for the quarter before delving into the performance with regard to the specific indicators of the five programmes of the Department. ...
Water and Sanitation
Sanitation backlogs in schools: DBE briefing; Sanitation Technologies and Innovations: Water Research Commission briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Department of Basic Education presented the implementation plan to address sanitation backlogs at schools to the joint Portfolio Committees. It highlighted that of the country’s 23 334 active schools, 3 898 still had pit latrines as the only form of sanitation. The provinces with the highest number of pit ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, PSC, CPSI, National School of Government Quarter 2 performance; with Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC), the National School of Government (NSG), the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), briefed the Portfolio Committee on their performance during the second quarter of the 2018/19 financial year.
The Committee was impressed with the work ...
Public Service and Administration
NYDA's Integrated Youth Development Strategy; DPME on planning/budget alignment; StatSA legislative reform
31 Oct 2018
Statistics South Africa briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Statistics Act. The coordination function of the Statistician General (SG) has not been fully implemented. The failure to implement all aspects was ascribed to weaknesses in the current Act. There was therefore the need to strengthen the role ...
Basic Education
High Level Panel Recommendations: Department of Basic Education progress report
30 Oct 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to present the report of the High-Level Panel (HLP) on the assessment of key legislation and the acceleration of fundamental change in South Africa’s education system.
Pertinent aspects of the presentation included school dropout rates, where it was noted that ...
Public Service and Administration
Medium Term Strategic Framework/outcome 12 & NDP vision 2030 progress: DPSA briefing
24 Oct 2018
Medium term strategic framework /outcome 12 & NDP vision 2030 progress: DPSA briefing
Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration as well as Planning Monitoring and Evaluation report on the quarterly performance budget vote 10: department of public service and administration, dated 24 October 2018
Portfolio Committee on public service ...
Basic Education
Initial Teacher Education Programmes; Teacher Development
23 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from a trilateral panel consisting of representatives from the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the South African Council of Educators (SACE) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on initial teacher education (ITE) programmes and teacher development
The DBE said there was ...
Basic Education
Basic Education BRRR; ELRC Collective Agreements; Current matters affecting Basic Education Sector
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education received a briefing from the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), updating it on the ELRC’s collective agreements and current matters affecting – and of interest to -- the basic education sector.
The main issue that was ...
Public Service and Administration
Department of Public Service and Administration, DPME, Stats SA BRRR
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs) for the Department of Public Service and Administration and its entities, namely, Public Service Commission, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, ...
Basic Education
Whole School District Approach: NECT progress report; Basic Education BRRR
16 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
This was a roundtable meeting with the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), which was given an opportunity to present an updated report on the impact and challenges of its programme.
The NECT said that there had been growth in the programme, but ...