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Capacity building of STEM educators: DBE briefing; with Minister & Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met on a virtual platform. It was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the capacity building of South African educators for learners' improvement in maths, science and technology.
The Department of Education’s presentation covered the pass rates in science, technology, ...
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Department of Basic Education Quarter 3 2022/23 Performance
28 Feb 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education Quarter 3 performance 2022/23 indicated achievement by DBE improving on the shortfalls of Quarter 2.
In the discussion, Committee members enquired about the integrity and credibility of the November 2022 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination, the End School-Related Gender Based ...
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2023 School-Readiness: DBE briefing
7 Feb 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented the 2023 state-of-school readiness.
It told the Committee it had continued to conduct school readiness monitoring (SRM) to provide support to schools. The objective of the SRM was to identify any challenges that may impact effective teaching and ...
Basic Education
2022 NSC Examination: DBE & Umalusi briefing, with Minister
24 Jan 2023
The Committee met with officials from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi to receive a report on the results of the Class of 2022 in the November 2022 examinations. Members congratulated the Department on the 81.3% pass rate, representing a 3% increase from the previous year. This ...
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Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
8 Nov 2022
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BELA Bill: Updated status, Basic Education BRRR
1 Nov 2022
The Committee received a progress update from the administrative team responsible for collecting comments from the public on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Committee's content advisor reported that they had so far received 18 000 submissions, but due to a shortage of manpower had processed only ...
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Department of Basic Education, Umalusi & SACE Annual Report 2021/22; with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2022
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Draft Rural Education Policy (school closure, rationalisation, mergers): DBE briefing
6 Sep 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the draft national framework on rural education, including the process of rationalising and merging small and non-viable rural schools.
The Department reported that the framework was no longer a draft, and ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: public comment extension
28 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to engage about the written submissions on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2-2022] and consider the extension of the deadline for written submissions, as well as the way forward with processing, summarising and collating written submission. The Committee had received ...
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DBE on Thrive by Five Survey Report & ECD Census Report; with Minister
7 Jun 2022
Thrive by Five Survey (preschool child development)
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) recently took over the responsibility for Early Childhood Development (ECD) from the Department of Social Development (DSD). The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by two organisations on their research findings on ...