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Memorandum from the Parliamentary Office
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 397
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 08/03/2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 6 OF 2013)
Mr D A Kganare (Cope) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training:
1) (a) How many artisans were developed by Sector Education and Training
Authorities (SETAs) since they were established and (b) what amount
did each SETA spend in this regard;
2) (a) In which disciplines were the specified artisans trained and (b)
how many of the specified artisans were absorbed into the labour
market?
NW549E
REPLY:
1 (a) Statistics for the five year period from April 2007 to March
2012 indicates that
Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) have registered
a total of 79Â 136
artisan learners.
(b) SETAs have not reported specifically on the amount of money
spent on artisan development, however a proposed policy on the
Generic National Artisan Learner Grant Funding and Administration
System that has been submitted to me for consideration, will require
SETAs to annually submit a budget on artisan development and report
on actual expenditure to the Department from 1 April 2013.
2 (a) SETAs have not been able to report on artisan training
disciplines due to inconsistencies when referring to similar artisan
occupations using different descriptive terms within a sector. This
has created problems in the collection and collation of trade
discipline data across SETAs. To address this matter, I have
published the first ever national coded list of 125 occupations that
are considered artisan trades in South Africa, in the Government
Gazette Notice No. 35625 of 31 August 2012. My department is now in
the process of auditing all learners registered by each SETA against
the occupations listed as artisan trades for the period April 2011 to
March 2013 in order to create a national database of artisan learners
by discipline. This work will be completed by 30 June 2013.
(b) SETAs have not tracked the employment or self employment of
artisan learners once
they have been certificated. The Department, in partnership with the
Ekurhuleni East Public Further Education and Training College in Kwa-
Thema, will establish a call centre known as the National Artisan
Development Support Centre that will among other functions monitor
the progress of certificated artisan learners once they have entered
the labour market. The first phase involves the auditing of
certificated artisan learners against the coded list referred to in
2(b). The call centre will be contacting certificated artisan
learners to establish placement rates within the labour market.
Compiler/contact persons: Dr F.Prinsloo
Contact details: 011Â 206 1002
DIRECTOR â GENERAL
STATUS:
DATE:
REPLY TO QUESTION 397 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr B NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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