. The appointment of the CEO for the NSF should be urgently concluded and the review of the NSF entire system would be very instrumental in reducing the challenge of under-spending. . The department should consider addressing the capacity constraints within the NSF so as to assist delivering the key output of the fund. . The National Skills Authority (NSA) should play an active role in ensuring that the NSF is a strong arm of delivery in skills development. The current surplus of 2.7 billion of the NSF should be transferred for other deserving under funded critical programmes such as ABET and the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).