1. Introduction The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training considered the Annual Performance Plan and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Budget 2013/14 of TETA and SSETA on 05 June 2013. This report captures a summary of the presentations made by both SETAs to the Committee, focusing primarily on the Annual Performance Plans 2013/14 which were presented in conjunction with the Strategic Plans that were tabled in Parliament on 08 April 2013 for consideration and reporting by the Committee. The report further recaptures observations and recommendations made by the Committee during deliberations on some of the key aspects of the presentations. 2. Background The Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of public entities were extremely valuable sets of information to the Committee in exercising its oversight role. Engaging with public entities on these documents was very critical in scrutinising allocations of public funds and monitoring their utilisation. The annual performance targets of the entities were also scrutinised to ensure that they were in line with the Department's mandate of expanding access to post school education and training opportunities for the young people of the country. Moreover, effective oversight and transparency were requirements for effective accountability which was the responsibility of the Committee. This was the overarching role of the Committee to invite public entities to account before it.