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NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Districts’ Monitoring, Support and Improvement: Deputy Minister & Department of Basic Education briefing
21 Sep 2016
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education stated that the issue of districts and their role was important in the delivery of quality education. The Department had made a commitment to meet all district directors on a quarterly basis across the country, and had complied with this undertaking. This had contributed ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Burden of Health & Disease in South Africa: Medical Research Council briefing
15 Mar 2016
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) gave the Portfolio Committee on Health a presentation on its mandate, objectives and goals, highlighting the areas of health that the Council was engaged in researching, and the ways in which it aimed to do so in collaboration with universities and government departments ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Grade 12 Results: briefing by Umalusi & Department of Basic Education; with Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2016
Umalusi briefed the Committee on the quality assurance of the 2015 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. A number of question papers required more than three external moderations, high levels of non-compliance were found in technical aspects, text selection and marking guidelines at the first moderation. The audit of marker selection ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report; Draft anti-Trafficking regulations: Department of Social Development briefing
16 Feb 2016
[Note: South African Social Security Agency 2014/15 Annual Report [358MB] email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Select Committee on the draft Regulations and directives framed in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act no 7 of 2013. The presentation was a formality as ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill [B22B-15]: discussion dates consideration
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to decide on a date for discussions on the Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill. Possible dates were 11 December 2015, or 23 January 2016. It was decided that the Chairperson would meet with the office bearers first to decide on a date and then confer with Members.
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Sport and Recreation on their 2014/15 annual report
25 Nov 2015
The Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) took the Committee through its Annual Report 2014/15. It was pleased to note that it had again achieved a clean audit in respect of performance and financial information, had attained 21 of its 23 targets, had 99.63% spending, by spending R966.8 million of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Human Settlements on its 2014/2015 Annual Report; DHS assistance offered to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
10 Nov 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the intervention in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality with respect to delivery and performance. The briefing was an update on the various interventions being carried out by the Department. The meeting was attended by the DHS and ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2014/15 annual report
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report to the Select Committee. The Department managed to achieve 72% of its overall targets. A lack of capacity and funding were cited as the main challenges for its under-performance. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges had ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development on its 2014/15 Annual Report
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Social Development (DSD) presented its Annual Report to the Committee. This past financial year was relatively good for the Department, even though there were a few challenges in the form of financial constraints along the way. The Department also received its third consecutive clean audit from the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Basic Education on its 2014/15 Annual Report
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) aims to provide:
- School Infrastructure Development
- Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS)
- Data and information challenges
- Expansion of Early Childhood Development (ECD)
- National Senior Certificate Results (NSC)
- Annual National Assessment (ANA)
- Improve the number of young teachers ...