Whether she has entered into a performance agreement with the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, with regard to the implementation of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2014-2019
The Minister of Basic Education Mrs A Motshekga, MP, has signed her Performance agreement with the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma in December 2014.
a) Which key indicators and targets from the MTSF are reflected in the agreement
The indicators in the Agreement are as captured in the Outcome 1 MTSF chapter. In summary, these indicators come from the following areas:
b) How many performance assessments has she undertaken in consultation with the President since the agreement was signed?
The Minister’s performance has been assessed through the Cabinet Memorandum which is tabled before Cabinet every quarter. In this financial year, two reports have been tabled at Cabinet, and the third quarterly report is being prepared for submission to the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation by March 2016.
c) What progress has been made in meeting the key indicators and targets from the MTSF?
Significant progress has been made for the 2015/16 financial year. As at the end of the second quarter, out of a total of 55 indicators, performance is as reflected below:
d) What are the key obstacles to implementation?
(ii) Concurrent functions challenges in providing information required from provincial departments of education in the correct format timeously; and
(iii) Interdepartmental dependency in providing information, such as the ECD programmes, ICT and Teacher Development.
e) What is the plan to address such obstacles?
(ii) Concurrent functions challenges:
(iii) Interdepartmental dependency:
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