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Basic Education
Early Childhood Development implementation: Basic Education, Social Development, Health Departments inputs
31 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committees of three departments -- Basic Education, Social Development and Health --came together in a joint meeting coordinated by the Portfolio Committee for Basic Education to discuss the implementation of Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes. A joint presentation was made which reflected situational analysis of Early Childhood Development ...
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Improvement of Initial Teacher Education Programmes: DBE + DHET briefing
24 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committees on Basic Education and Higher Education and Training met jointly with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to review progress in the implementation of measures to improve initial teacher education (ITE) programmes.
The presentations focused on the purpose ...
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Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL); History as a Compulsory Subject; Jobs for Cash, Protests; with Minister
27 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the implementation of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) and the introduction of History as a compulsory subject.
The DBE Director-General said that 27% of public schools nationally are implementing the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) in Grades ...
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NSC 2016 examination results; Examination merge; Annual National Assessment (ANA) remodelling
13 Jun 2017
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to discuss the consolidated National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results for 2016, receive an update on the possible merging of examinations, and to also consider the progress and status of the remodeling of the Annual National Assessment (ANA).
The DBE ...
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Inclusive Education and Special Education: DBE Progress Report; with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Department of Basic Education discussed the progress the Department has made in the sector of Inclusive Education and Special Education. Some of the issues raised at the meeting include:
• The uncertainty about the number of children with special needs who are not in schools and have been placed ...
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Learner Transport Policy: Departments of Transport & Basic Education progress report, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met with the Departments of Basic Education and Transport to discuss issues relating to the provision of transport for school learners. The meeting was intended to be a joint portfolio committee meeting, but the Portfolio Committee on Transport could not attend the meeting because ...
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Committee Report on Basic Education Budget
17 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education convened for consideration of their draft report on Budget Vote 14: Basic Education, together with the Annual Performance Plans of the Department of Basic Education and its Statutory Bodies dated 3 May 2017.
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SAHRC Report on National Investigative Hearing into Impact of Protest Action on Right to Basic Education; Committee Report on Basic Education Budget, with Minister present
16 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education convened with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to consider the report of the National Investigative Hearing into the impact of protest-related action on the right to a basic education in South Africa.
The Commission stated that the majority of the problems cited ...
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Umalusi and SACE on their Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2017
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP). Special attention was paid to the issue of fraudulent qualifications. SACE as an institution did not have internal capacity to be dealing with these issues and the need for ...
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Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan, Deputy Minister present
3 May 2017
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education told the Committee he anticipated that by the end of the current administration, learning and teaching would be information technology (IT) based. The biggest challenge would be connectivity. Giving an overview of his Department’s portfolio, he outlined the infrastructure initiatives, the rationalisation and merger ...