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Basic Education
Committee Reports
26 Feb 2019
The Committee considered and adopted the Third Quarterly Report on the Performance of the Department of Basic Education and the 19th National Teaching Awards Report.
The Committee also discussed its Legacy Report before adopting it. Some Members expressed displeasure that the Committee had not passed any legislation during its tenure, ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education Quarter 3 performance
19 Feb 2019
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on its third quarter performance and some of the aspects highlighted were:
Basic Education
Committee Report on Department's Quarter 1 & 2 performance; High Level Panel & Committee Annual Reports
4 Dec 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt recent reports and minutes of meetings. The Chairperson urged the Members to study the documents to ensure no errors slipped through, as this had happened recently and had been a cause of embarrassment. The Members supported her request.
The Chairperson took the Members ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Legacy Report & Performance Reports
28 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted its Committee Legacy Report for the Fifth Parliament.
Further, the Committee report on the quarterly performance of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Statistics South Africa.
Basic Education
Schools that Work; Early Grade Reading; 25 Year Review
27 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department on Basic Education on Early Grade Reading Studies; the Schools That Work Survey II and the 25 Year Review of Basic Education. The Minister had tasked the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit to conduct a study into why some schools performed better ...
Basic Education
2019 School Readiness; with Deputy Minister
20 Nov 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to present the report on the preparation for 2019 school readiness, and disclosed that the majority of learners had already been placed. The final placement lists should be finalised by the end of November. Some challenges that affect the finalisation ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: discussions
15 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation discussed the proposed amendments to the Foreign Service Bill.
Members were primarily concerned with the clauses which related to the appointment of Heads of Missions, and offences. They questioned the criteria for the appointment of Heads of Missions, and the appropriateness of ...
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. ...
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 ...