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DBE Budget: Committee Report; Minutes
14 Jul 2020
Audio: DBE Budget: Committee Report; Minutes
The Select Committee and Portfolio Committee jointly considered and adopted the minutes of 7 July 2020, which was a joint meeting.
The Portfolio Committee then considered and adopted its Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Strategic Plan and ...
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
Basic Education Budget: Committee Report
28 May 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & SC on Education and Technology, Sports, 28 May 2020
Audio: Basic Education Budget: Committee Report
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture met to adopt the draft minutes of ...
Basic Education
Umalusi 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
19 May 2020
Audio: Umalusi 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Council for Quality Assurance and Training (Umalusi) presented its annual performance plan, strategic plan and budget, and told the committees it was continuing to engage the DBE on strategies to respond ...
Basic Education
South African Council of Educators (SACE) 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
12 May 2020
Video: PC on Basic Education and SC on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, 12 May 2020
Audio: South African Council of Educators (SACE) 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Committees resolved to consider the adoption of the Department of ...
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 ...
Basic Education
ICT Roll-Out: Department of Basic Education briefing; Coronavirus measures
17 Mar 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the progress being made with the roll-out of information communication technology (ICT) in the basic education sector, and was told the timeline for the implementation of the programme was between 2019 and 2024.
At the core of the ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Introductory Workshop on Gender-Responsive Planning & Budgeting & role of Multi-Party Women’s Caucus, with Minister
12 Mar 2020
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus was convened to receive two briefings: the Gender Responsive Budgeting and Planning Background, and the Role of the Multi- Party Women’s Caucus in Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting. Members were very concerned at receiving 16 apologies for absenteeism and the Chairperson aptly remarked that ‘since the ...
Basic Education
Programmes for improving foundational skills of literacy and numeracy; policy with regard to refugees
10 Mar 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented a report on the programmes for improving the foundational skills of literacy and numeracy. While there were a number of factors that affected high school children, which may also trigger dropping out of school, evidence suggested that the root cause of school dropouts ...