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Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Strategic and Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
17 Mar 2015
The Committee was brief by Ms Angelina Motshekga, the Minister of Basic Education (DBE) and Mr Mohamed Surty, the Deputy Minister of the DBE.
The Minister gave the introductory remarks and highlighted the key areas that the plan will focus on. First was that the Department of Basic Education will revamp the ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education action plans to address audit & Management Performance Assessment Tool findings
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) took the Committee through the action plan to address the audit findings of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2013/14 financial year. The Department discussed the major findings and areas of emphasis on each finding, and also included the progress and action ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Abducted Nigerian Girls (#bring back the girls campaign): ministerial briefing; SADC Gender Protocol: Commission on Gender Equality briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation updated the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus on the government’s role in securing the safe return of the 230 girls kidnapped last year by Boko Haram. She stressed the complexity of the issue and noted that after some girls had managed to escape and ...
Basic Education
National Senior Certificate Examination results 2014 analysis: briefings by Department Basic Education and Umalusi; Scholar Transport and Governing body elections
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE), and Umalusi, gave detailed presentations on the 2014 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations report. The report was not just about providing data, but it also served as an important indicator of the performance of the system. The Department had done a qualitative and quantitative ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education on 2nd and 3rd Quarter Report 2014/15, including: Progress and status of ASIDI
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented to the Portfolio Committee on the 2nd and 3rd Quarter Report 2014/15, the Progress and Status of the ASIDI programme, PPN and Outcomes of the Teacher Profiling Project, Provision of LTSM and The Teacher Improvement Plan for Mathematics.
The Department described the achievements ...
Water and Sanitation
Collaborative solutions to address vandalism and theft of water infrastructure in South Africa: public hearings with stakeholders
25 Nov 2014
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), Acoustic Deterrent Systems (ADS), Sasol and COSATU made an appearance before the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation regarding solutions to address vandalism and the theft of water infrastructure.
The SA Local Government Association (SALGA) said the replacement value of water and sanitation ...
Basic Education
PC Basic Education: Oversight Report & other matters
19 Nov 2014
The Chairperson and members of the Committee considered and adopted the minutes of several previous meetings. The Secretary informed the members about the committee oversight programme scheduled to take place between 25 and 28 November.
Basic Education
Ministerial Committee Report on National Senior Certificate with Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Basic Education gave a briefing on the Ministerial Committee Report on National Senior Certificate Examinations. There were legitimate concerns about the quality of passes, the value of mathematics and mathematical literacy, the language of learning and teaching and English as the designated language of instruction. A task ...
Basic Education
Education Collaboration Framework: DBE briefing; Teacher Education research project: Department of Higher Education briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented a report on the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) and explained that it was a pilot programme to implement chapter 9 of the National Development Plan (NDP) as well as the Education Sector Plan. It was aimed at improving the quality of education, ...
Basic Education
Progress on drug and alcohol prevention programmes in schools
28 Oct 2014
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) briefed the joint committees on the progress of drug and alcohol prevention programmes, physical education and the roll-out of sports programmes in schools.
The drug and alcohol prevention programme involved a detailed strategy, with the main ...