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Basic Education
2017 Examinations standardisation: Umalusi briefing
7 Feb 2018
UMALUSI said it was satisfied that it had diligently executed on its quality assurance mandate of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. UMALUSI noted that standardisation was an international practice to mitigate the effect of factors other than the learners’ knowledge and aptitude on the learners’ performance. UMALUSI then spoke ...
Basic Education
Provincial Education Departments Performance Indicators: roundtable discussion
6 Feb 2018
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) had a roundtable discussion with the Committee on indicators and targets for PED Annual Performance Plans (APP). The Auditor General had raised a concern that certain indicators in the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework were not indicated in the ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Draft Bill: consideration by the Constitutional and Legal Services Office
24 Jan 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor: Constitutional and Legal Services Office, presented the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill, and told the Committee that its work was guided by the two key findings of the Constitutional Court judgment:
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act: proposed amendments; international best practice and conventions
29 Nov 2017
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa – Chapter Four
Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCTT86/15) [2016]
Presentation - DA vs National Assembly Speaker
Committee Bill process
Terms of Reference
The Committee met to discuss amendments to the Powers, Privileges, and Immunities of Parliament and ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Draft Bill: DBE briefing
28 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented the amendments to the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill to the Committee, highlighting that the most controversial amendments referred to the power granted to the Heads of Departments (HODs). It said that some of the changes were intended to bring about ...
Basic Education
Learner Pregnancies: Basic Education, Social Development, Health Departments briefing
14 Nov 2017
The Committee heard that there are varying statistics on learner pregnancies because departments source their information from different places. The General Household Survey is used by Stats South Africa. The Department of Health only collects data from the deliveries of young girls under the age of 18 in health facilities. ...
Basic Education
Update on School-Readiness for 2018 preparations & Learner Transport: Department of Basic Education briefing; Committee reports
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education briefed the Committee on school readiness for the 2018 academic year and learner transport. The presentation included giving Members the assurance that more than 28 million volumes 1 and Grade R workbooks for 2018 had been printed and delivered to 23 565 school countrywide for ...
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 ...
Basic Education
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 ...
Basic Education
Early Grade Reading Study; NEEDU progress report; Basic Education BRRR
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Basic Education’s (DBE’s) research unit presented the findings of the Early Grade Reading Study to the Portfolio Committee. The study had been conducted to formulate the best ways to support the teaching of reading in the African languages in the foundation phase. It focused on the dropout ...