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Basic Education
Infrastructure and Rationalisation; Provincial Education Departments Reporting System review
7 Mar 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a presentation on the progress of the Provincial Education Department (PED) reporting systems and how the information received directly from provinces is utilised by the DBE for accounting and reporting purposes. This mandate was given to the DBE by National Treasury in May ...
Basic Education
TIMSS Maths/Science Report; Schools 2017 Reopening; Vuwani progress report
21 Feb 2017
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education to discuss the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) Report, the status report on schools reopening for 2017, as well as report on progress made in Vuwani, where schooling had been disrupted by community protest actions.
The TIMMS presentation ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Recommendation of NYDA Board Members
7 Feb 2017
The Committee met to deliberate and recommend names to serve on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA). The Committee nominated seven Members to serve in the Board with four males and three females from across the country.
During deliberations, Members commented that the geographical spread of the candidates was fairly ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
National Youth Development Agency Board: interviews of short-listed candidates
25 Jan 2017
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency interviewed 13 candidates who would serve on the NYDA Board. Before this, the Committee briefly discussed concerns raised by the DA about the process and decided on the questions that will be asked ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Shortlisting of candidates
7 Dec 2016
The Committee at the outset of the meeting briefly discussed the matter of what the appropriate number of shortlisted candidates should be. Members were aware that there were only seven positions on the NYDA Board. The number of applications received for the seven positions totalled 487. The Committee in the ...
Basic Education
“Jobs for Cash” Report: responses by stakeholders
30 Nov 2016
The stakeholders in the Basic Education sector gave their responses to the “Selling of Posts” Ministerial Task Team (MTT) Report and to its methodology and the recommendations contained in it. There was a general consensus that the Report was flawed because of the processes which were followed to conduct the ...
Basic Education
Kha Ri Gude Literacy Programme & “Jobs-for-Cash” Report: Department of Basic Education briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the progress and state of readiness of the Kha Ri Gude (KRG) programme. The 2015 achievements of the programme included the registration of 348 228 learners, with 298 000 Learner Assessment Portfolios (LAPs) verified and moderated. To date, just over ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education on its 2 Quarter 2015/16 performance; Mathematics Paper 2 leak
8 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its 2016/17 Quarter 2 report, it spoke of areas that were of challenge and highlighted the need to strengthen these before the end of the financial year. The Director General updated the Committee about the leak of the 2016 Mathematics National Senior Certificate ...
Basic Education
Improving Initial Teacher Education: DBE & DHET input; Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD)
1 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) made a joint presentation on the Implementation of Measures to Improve Initial Teacher Education Programmes and Continuing Professional Teacher Development. There are four key outputs of the Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for teacher education and ...
Basic Education
National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) & Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC): progress reports
25 Oct 2016
The National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) presented on its work for the past five years (2012-2016) and its plan for the next five years (2017–2021). NEEDU is completing its first five-year cycle of systemic evaluations identifying, on a system-wide basis at school, district and provincial levels, the factors ...