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Basic Education
School Nutrition petition; School Readiness for 2016; National Education Evaluation & Development Unit (NEEDU)
27 Oct 2015
The National School Nutrition Programme report was in response to a petition submitted by Limpopo residents about the nutrition at their schools. The meals that are served at schools are not always healthy, and storage of such food, especially fresh produce, is poor. The petition also discussed the tenders and ...
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Basic Education Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee considered the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for the 2014/15 financial year. Some errors were identified and corrected. The report was adopted after careful consideration and proposals for the correction ...
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South African Council for Educators (SACE); Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC); Umalusi on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
14 Oct 2015
South African Council for Educators (SACE)
The presentation was made by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African Council for Educators (SACE) on the 2014/15 annual report of SACE. He reflected on the foreword of the Chairperson of SACE to the effect that SACE now had a stricter ...
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Teacher Centres: Department of Basic Education briefing
22 Sep 2015
The Department of Basic Education said that the function of the teacher development centres was to help teachers develop their instructional skills in ICT and subject areas where they may fall short. These centres are currently operating in five provinces, but are still needed in four. The results of the ...
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Scholar Transport Policy: Dept of Transport & DBE; Education Collaboration Framework: National Education Collaboration Trust update
8 Sep 2015
The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) is the implementing agent of the Education Collaboration Framework (ECF) mandated to work with an initial number of eight districts in five provinces, comprising 4 362 schools, 66 000 teachers and nearly 2 million learners. Progress on the ECF themes is as follows:
▪ Professionalisation ...
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Annual National Assessment & 2015 Examination Readiness: DBE briefing; Graaff-Reinet petition on quality education provision: MP Lovemore briefing
1 Sep 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE)presented on their readiness for the Annual National Assessment and for the National Senior Certificate examinations. According to their plans, they were on track with preparations and the schools would all have their question papers delivered on time.
They had taken a lot of action ...
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DBE Provincial & District Monitoring & Support; ELRC De-Listing; SACE progress report
17 Aug 2015
The Chief Executive Officer of the South African Council for Educators (SACE) said that an agreement had been reached between SACE and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to work closely with the office of the Director General (DG) on the strategic plan and annual performance plan of SACE. The ...
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Department on Basic Education 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
11 Aug 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its performance report for the first quarter of 2015/ Committee. A detailed description was given of each of the Department’s five programmes, highlighting achievement against targets and drawing attention to challenges. Among the targets met were such projects as the Funza Lushaka bursary ...
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School Safety / Violence & Bullying in Schools; Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) Implementation: progress report
4 Aug 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said that safety and non-violence were critical requirements for the achievement of educational outcomes. School violence was not unique to South African schools, but was a common phenomenon throughout the world.
Effective strategies to address school violence included:
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Measures to improve credibility of education statistics, National Senior Certificate Learner Retention Programme & Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign: Departmental briefings
28 Jul 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a presentation on the measures being implemented to improve the credibility of education statistics, emphasising the need for effective data management in the education system. An educational management information system (EMIS) derived from the national education information policy had been developed, since the ...