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Basic Education
Mpumalanga ED on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling; Matebe submission; with Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio and Select Committees were jointly briefed by the Mpumalanga Department of Education (DE) on the status and impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on schools in the province, ...
Basic Education
2019/20 DBE Audit Outcomes & Expenditure Patterns in respect of ASIDI, Conditional Grants & Equity in Education: FFC briefing
3 Nov 2020
A joint meeting of the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education were briefed, on a virtual platform, by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on expenditure patterns of conditional grants and equity in education. The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the joint committees on audit outcomes of the Department ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Discussion on cancelled public hearing in Polokwane
2 Nov 2020
The Ad Hoc Committee resolved to return to Polokwane in Limpopo in the upcoming weekend to hold the public hearing it had to cancel recently due to disruptions caused by certain groupings.
The public hearing will take place on Saturday, 7 November 2020 in Polokwane at the Jack Botes hall ...
Basic Education
EC & FS Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling; with the Deputy Minister
30 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, and in the presence of the Deputy Minister, the Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed by the Free State Department of Basic Education and the Eastern Cape Department of Basic Education on the status and impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on schools.
Members heard that the ...
Basic Education
Preparations & Readiness for 2020 NSC Examination: DBE and Umalusi briefing; with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, (National Assembly) 27 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) briefed the Committee on the preparedness of grade 12 learners and the system’s readiness for ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Public Hearings Programme: finalisation
16 Oct 2020
Video: Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution
In a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to finalise its public hearings programme. The Committee received legal opinion on whether or not the Committee will be able to meet its constitutional obligations in accommodating people with co-morbidity issues. The dilemma that the ...
Basic Education
KZN & EC Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
13 Oct 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & SC on Education & Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture
The joint Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed, in a virtual meeting, by the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Departments of Basic Education on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in their provinces. ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Committee Programme
8 Oct 2020
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution 08 Oct 2020
The Ad Hoc Committee to initiate and introduce legislation amending Section 25 of the Constitution met to adopt its draft programme. It resolved to resume the public hearings in three provinces that it could not ...
Basic Education
Zero Dropout Campaign: briefing & DBE response; with Deputy Minister
6 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, (NA) 06 Oct 2020
The Zero Dropout Campaign shared its key research findings on the school dropout crisis in South Africa. The research highlighted how a coordinated approach to tackle disengagement and re-engage learners into schools is crucial. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ...
Basic Education
Amended School Calendar & Risk Adjusted Differentiated Approach: DBE briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Aug 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, 25 08 2020
In a virtual meeting, with the Deputy Minister in attendance, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the amended school calendar and the implementation of a risk-adjusted differentiated approach to curriculum and assessment planning
The Department ...