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Basic Education
Three-Stream Model; Fourth Industrial Revolution: Department progress report
8 May 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its plans for the implementation of a three-stream model in the South Africa curriculum, and how it was gearing the school system up to deal with the technological challenges of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
Historically, the South African education system had focused mainly ...
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Committee Report on Basic Education Budget
2 May 2018
PMG did not attend the meeting, Minutes from Parliament bellow.
Draft Minutes of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education
Date : 2 May 2018
Time : 09:30
Venue : Committee Room V226, 2nd Floor, Old Assembly Wing, Parliament
Agenda : Consideration and Adoption of Committee Report on Budget Vote ...
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Edenvale Residents petition about lack of schools
18 Apr 2018
The Committee heard and interacted with the Greenstone Petition from the residents of Greenstone. Mr M Waters (DA) was the petitioner on behalf of the residents of Greenstone. The Member of the Executive Council was in attendance.
The Department responded to the Petition and answered questions. The areas of concern ...
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Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Budget & Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP) to the Committee. The presentation spoke to allocations for the financial year, reduction in funding, additional indicators and prioritisation of issues. The presentation also covered areas for improvement and response to findings by the Auditor-General of SA ...
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South African Council for Educators & UMALUSI 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; Readiness to administer Sign Language Examinations 2018
27 Mar 2018
Members received a presentation from the South African Council for Educators (SACE) on its 2017/18 strategic and Annual Performance Plans and budget as well as a presentation from Umalusi on its Annual Performance Plan. Umalusi also made a presentation on the state of readiness to quality assure South African Sign ...
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Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing on the second and third quarterly performance reports of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for 2017/18, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present.
Major highlights included conducting and evaluating the matriculation exams, where there had been a student pass rate of 75.1%. There had ...
Basic Education
DBE Budget: AGSA briefing; Progress in Implementation of the Action Plan to address Audit Outcomes, with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), accompanied by the Deputy Minister, and the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) to consider progress made with the action plan to address the audit outcomes and findings of the 2016/17 financial year. The AGSA presented the reviewed draft 2018/19 Annual Performance ...
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School infrastructure: update on ASIDI, with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) was initially supposed to brief the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2nd and 3rd quarterly reports; and to provide an update on the Accelerated School’s Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI), especially in light of the negative reports. The update on ASIDI took longer ...
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ICT Roll-Out in Schools; School Governing Board (SGB) Elections; with Minister and Deputy Minister
27 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the current preparations for school governing body elections, which would take place from March 2018. The complexity of the election process was highlighted, especially with regard to uniformity across the provinces. Although the overall percentage of readiness was good, it ...
Basic Education
Schools 2018 Re-opening: status report: National Senior Certificate Exam 2017 outcomes and evaluation
13 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to present on school readiness monitoring for the 2018 academic year and the outcomes of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination. The presentation focused on learner admissions and registration, undocumented learners, teacher provisioning, Learning and Teaching Support Materials (LTSM ), ...