(1)Whether there have been any instances in the past financial year where her department advertised one position but ended up hiring two persons for the one position or job category that was advertised; if so, why were both positions not advertised separately;
(2) has she been informed of the matter; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant
(1)Whether all educators at the Sharp Edge Training and Consulting are qualified; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether all students at the institution have been paid their stipends; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether she has found that there is corruption taking place at the specified institution; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
- Based on the information obtained from the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), educators at Sharp Edge are qualified to facilitate training. Sharp Edge Training and Consulting is accredited by the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (MerSETA) and Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) to offer training in trades such as welder, automotive body repairer and spray painter trades, automotive ...
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What number of (a) programmers and (b) engineers have graduated from institutions of higher learning in each of the past five academic years?
The table below reflects the number of programmers and engineers who graduated from public higher education institutions over the past five academic years.
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Year
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(a) Programmers
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(b) Engineers
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2013
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1 001
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13 284
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2014
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924
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14 077
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2015
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843
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14 648
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2016
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906
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14 420
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2017
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1 098
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15 043
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(1)Whether she has found that the public technical and vocational education and training colleges will experience a smooth transition when the term of the current councils expires on 31 March 2019; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) Has a calendar with the time-line for the various actions required by this process been
(a) drafted and (b) circulated to public technical and vocational education and training colleges; if not, on what date will the calendar be published; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) what were the reasons for the delay in the appointment of the current members of councils at the beginning of their term in office and (b) which colleges had to operate without a full complement of council members for more than (i) 120 days, (ii) 90 days and (iii) 60 days?
- The process to appoint new Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college Councils to assume office on 1 April 2019 and 1 May 2019, following the ending of their term on 31 March 2019 and 30 April 2019 respectively, has commenced. Steps have been taken to ensure a smooth transition between outgoing and incoming Councils.
- The Continuing Education and Training (CET) Act, 16 ...
(1)According to the database of the records of learners of the SA Qualifications Authority, what number of learners achieved full qualifications on Level 4 as a result of the learnership programme(s) in the (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 academic years;
(2) whether her department is content with the number of learners who are improving their qualifications through learnership contracts; if not, what (a) changes or initiatives will her department be initiating to improve the opportunities for learners to receive formal, work-place based training and (b) would be the targeted number of learners who will undergo training in future; if so, why?
- The number of achievements against the qualifications at NQF Level 4 in learnerships is as follows:
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Year
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Number of Achievements
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2015
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5 648
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2016
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3 909
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2017
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2 573
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2. Given the increasing number of young people who are not in employment, education or training, the Department has put measures in place to improve the quality and number of those undertaking workplace-based training.
a) ...
(1)Whether the policy on staffing norms for community education and training colleges, which was published for public comment in 2016 with a proposed implementation date of 1 April 2018, has been finalised and implemented as envisaged; if not, by what date will the policy be (a) adopted and (b) implemented;
(2) whether the sector has been informed of the revised date of implementation, as undertaken in Circular 1 of 2018, dated 19 January 2018; if not, by what date will the sector be informed; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what number of (a) part-time, (b) fixed-term contract and/or (c) permanent staff members have been employed at each community education and training college (i) in the (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 calendar years and (ii) since 1 January 2018;
(4) what steps will her department take to address employment and remuneration of educators at community education and training colleges who have (a) more and (b) less than 25 hours contact time in each week?
- The draft policy on staffing norms for Community Education and Training (CET) colleges, which was published for public comment in 2016, has not been finalised and as such the adoption and implementation dates have not yet been established.
- The Department has put in place a Task Team to work on the Post Provisioning Model, which is a critical part in finalising the policy. Colleges ...
What number of new students will each institution of higher learning have the capacity to enrol for the 2019 academic year?
The tables below provide the number of new students each institution of higher learning will enroll for the 2019 academic year.
Table 1: New opportunities in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges for the 2019 academic year
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Province and College
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*NC(V) L2
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*N1
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*N4
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*PLP
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Total
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Eastern Cape
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(1)(a) On what date was the information technology (IT) infrastructure of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her last upgraded or updated, (b) what is the name of the company contracted to do the upgrades, (c) what was the monetary value of the contract and (d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded;
(2) (a) what is the name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her and (b) what is the value of the contract?
(1) - (2) The details of the information technology infrastructure of the Department are provided below:
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Department
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(1) (a) Date for upgrading or updating IT infrastructure
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(b) Name of the company contracted to do the upgrades
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(c) Monetary value of the contract
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(d) Name of each IT system that was upgraded
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(2)(a) Company responsible for the maintenance
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(2) Value of the contract
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With reference to the reply to question 2933 on 7 November 2018, what (a) is the total number of employees who have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by institutions of higher learning (i) in the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018 and (b) is the name of each company or contractor and (c) amount is each employee paid?
Institutions of higher learning are not required in terms of the reporting regulations, as per the requirements of the Higher Education Act, to report on outsourced contracts. Such information will take significant time and resources to collate. The Department has written to all institutions and requested the information to respond to this question, with a deadline of 20 working days to provide the information. ...
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(1)What (a) is the total budget allocated by each university and college for student representative council (SRC) election expenses over the past ten years, (b) amount is each person, party and/or entity standing in an SRC election at each university or college campus permitted to spend on election expenses and (c) are the specified expenses monitored;
(2) have the budget allocations been exceeded or the rules related to election expenditure been broken in other ways in any case; if so, (a) on what date, (b) in which institutions and (c) what penalties have been meted out in each case?
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and universities monitor the Student Representative Council (SRC) budgets and expenses. Information regarding SRC funding has to be sourced from universities and colleges directly. The universities and TVET colleges listed in the tables below have provided the following responses based on the questions posed.
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Universities
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Name of University
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(1)(a) Total budget allocated
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