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Basic Education
Reopening of Schools progress report, with Deputy Minister
30 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Basc Education meeting, 30/06/2020
Audio: Department Update on COVID-19 School Compliance measures, challenges and mitigations
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education on the state of readiness for the reopening of schools, following a two-month break due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The ...
Basic Education
COVID-19 Update & DBE 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Ministry
5 May 2020
Audio: Department of Basic Education 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
A joint virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee and the Select Committee on Education were briefed on how the Department of Basic Education would spend its 2020/21 budget and the ...
Basic Education
Schooling during COVID-19 Lockdown: update with Deputy Minister
28 Apr 2020
Video: Joint Meeting:PC on Basic Education and SE on Education & Sports, Arts & Culture 29 April 2020
Audio: Status of Schooling during COVID-19 Lockdown: Department briefing
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, and the Select ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister Progress Reports: Basic Education; with the Deputy Minister in attendance
11 Mar 2020
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard – 14 June 2018
NCOP: Unrevised Hansard – 29 May 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education on the Minister’s executive undertakings. The Deputy Minister was in attendance. The presentation highlighted that the Department is working on the finalisation of the alignment of ...
Basic Education
DBE 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Impact of SONA; with Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the significance of the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and recommended that it consider the impact of the government’s priorities on the South African education sector over the next five years. There had been a lot of continuity ...
Basic Education
DBE response to SAHRC on Inclusive Education, Persons with Disabilities, Mental Health: with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a status report on processing the recommendations of the two 2019 SAHRC Reports. One of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) recommendations in its Special Schools report was that DBE must produce a report showing what has been done to demonstrate its ...
Basic Education
2020 School Readiness & 2019 Matric Examination Outcome; Report on Griqua People’s Heritage Submission; Residents of Dryharts Village Petition with Deputy Minister
11 Feb 2020
The meeting opened with a presentation from the Dryharts community in the North West Province, which had requested the reopening of the Molehabangwe middle school as a primary school. They pointed out that overcrowding was a worrying issue at the current schools, and another school was needed because the Dryharts ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
20 Nov 2019
The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture received a presentation by the Department of Basic Education on its annual report for the 2018/2019 financial year.
The presentation focused on the Department’s performance in its five key programmes -- Administration; Curriculum Policy, Support and ...
Basic Education
Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme & Post-Provisioning Norms: Department briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Nov 2019
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the Post-Provisioning Norms (PPN) for 2020 and the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme. Additionally, the Committee considered and adopted its draft minutes dated 5 November 2019. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education was present.
The presentation on ...
Basic Education
ELRC Collective Agreements & Grade 9 General Education Certificate: DBE; BRRR; with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Minister, Ms Angie Motshekga and Deputy Minister, Dr Regina Mhaule were present and emphasised throughout the meeting that schooling for children was compulsory until grade 9, but that the schooling process ended at grade 12. Both the Minister and Deputy Minister highlighted ...