NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1500
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 03/06/2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 14/2011
Dr W G James (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(a) Who is providing (i) subject-specific training to educators and (ii)
training to (aa) school management bodies, (bb) subject advisors and (cc)
district officers on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS),
(b) when will this training be given to each specified entity and (c) what
are the relevant details of this training? NW1667E
Reply
a) (i) Subject-specific orientation and training for educators will be
provided by
specialized Subject Advisors in provinces. The 1st phase
will consist of
orientation on the CAPS documents and will be concluded
by January 2012.
This will be followed by in-depth training during 2012.
(ii) (aa) Orientation on the CAPS for School Managers will be
provided by Subject Advisors in provinces.
(bb) The DBE conducted orientation sessions on the CAPS
documents for 336 Foundation Phase and 2474 FET subject
advisors comprised of officials from head offices and
districts.
(cc) Some District officers participated in the national
orientation process as indicated in (bb) above. In some
provinces e.g. Eastern Cape and Limpopo, the provincial
teams conducted further orientation sessions for district
officials and lead teachers.
(b) Training of teachers will be done from July 2011 to January 2012. This
will be conducted during the school holidays as a first option. Saturdays
and afternoons will also be used. (see details in c below)
(c) Relevant details for training:
⢠The DBE conducted orientation with 336 Foundation Phase subject
advisors and 2474 FET subject advisors in 29 subjects.
⢠Common Training Toolkits and Manuals were developed at national
level and utilized during the sessions.
⢠All provinces were further requested to submit plans for teacher
orientation and follow-up support in Foundation Phase and FET. The
DBE has received plans for orientation from all provinces.
⢠According to the provincial plans the schedules for teacher
orientation is as follows in 2011:
|Province |Dates |
|EC |Sep, Dec. 2011 and January |
| |2012. |
|FS | June/July 2011 holidays. |
|GP |October 2011 |
|KZN |September holidays |
|Mpumalanga |September holidays |
|Limpopo |July/August/September 2011 |
|N Cape |July 2011 |
|NWest |August/ September 2011 |
|W Cape | October 2011 |