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Western Cape Education Department Annual Report 2021/22
14 Oct 2022
Western Cape Education Department
The Committee engaged with the Western Cape Education Department on its 2021/22 annual report. The Department received an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor-General on its financial statements. However, there were findings on the usefulness and reliability of the performance information for various programmes. Officials ...
Education (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Education Annual Report 2021/22
14 Oct 2022
Western Cape Education Department
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) noted in its 2021/22 Annual Report that numerous factors impacted learning and teaching time including the Covid-19 pandemic with its rotational school timetable and the Temporary Revised Education Plans (TREPs); continued high learner relocation to the Western Cape; economic ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Legislature seat numbers: IEC & Researcher briefing
7 Sep 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on Seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament met virtually for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the processes for determining the number of seats in provincial legislatures. The Committee also received a briefing from its research section on ways of amending ...
Education (WCPP)
National School Nutrition Programme in WC: WCED briefing
30 Aug 2022
The Committee met with officials from the Western Cape Department Education Department (WCED) to receive a briefing on implementing the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in the province.
The Department explained that all schools in Quintiles 1 to 3 schools were included in the national feeding scheme. In addition, ...
Education (WCPP)
WCED on STEAMAC subjects offered in schools
23 Aug 2022
The Standing Committee on Education (WCPP) convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, Agriculture, and Coding (STEAMAC) subjects offered in schools.
The WCED briefed the Committee on its three streams education model and ...
Education (WCPP)
WCED data use & contribution to national data-driven district project
16 Aug 2022
The Standing Committee on Education convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on how the Department utilised data. The presentation detailed the type of data and the contribution made by the WCED to the national data-driven district project as part ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Legislature seat numbers: calculations; Premier & Constitutional Matters Standing Committee role in constitutional changes
10 Aug 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee on Seats convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Research Unit on their report regarding the calculation of the number of seats in legislatures, as well as a briefing by the Legal Unit on the national legislation determining the size of ...
Education (WCPP)
WCED on curriculum for foundation phase, especially ECD
14 Jun 2022
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) briefed the Committee on implementation of the National Curriculum Framework for the foundation phase focusing on early childhood education (ECD).
The Committee was told that responsibility for ECD had been shifted from the Department of Social Development to the WCED on 1 April ...
Adhoc Committee: WCPP Seats (WCPP)
Election of Chairperson
8 Jun 2022
The Ad Hoc Committee: WCPP Seats convened in a virtual meeting to elect its new Chairperson. It elected Mr A Van Der Westhuizen (DA) as its Chairperson.
The Committee was established to consider whether the number of seats in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament was suitable for the increasing ...
Education (WCPP)
Equal Education Law Centre on the school admission crisis in the Western Cape; WCED briefing on the Mathematics and Language Strategy
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Equal Education Law Centre briefed the Standing Committee on Education on the status of school admission crisis in the Western Cape province.
The Equal Education Law Centre reported that it had observed an incredible number of learners being unplaced in grades one and eight. ...