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Memorandum from the Parliamentary Office
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 490
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 21/10/2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 32 OF 2011)
Mr S H Plaatjie (COPE-NW) to ask the Minister of Higher Education and
Training:
Whether the target set by his department of sending 10 000 qualified
artisans into the economy on an annual basis is based on the research his
department has conducted; if not, what informed the target; if so, what are
the relevant details?
CW592E
REPLY:
The target of 10Â 000 persons that qualify as artisans each year is
contained in both the Ministers PME with the President as well as in the
National Skills Development Strategy phase III that runs from April 2011 to
March 2016.
The target is premised on actual certifications of qualified learners
during the period of April 2007 to March 2009. During the setting of the
this target, consideration were was given to possible challenges in the
economy.
During the period of April 2007 to March 2011, the following numbers of
persons were certificated as qualified as reported by the SETAs and
INDLELA,. with pProgress as at the end of September 2011 for the current
financial 2011 â 12 is indicated in the last column.
|Year |2007-2008 |2008-2009 |2009-2010 |2010 â 2011|2011 -2012 |
| | | | | |As at end |
| | | | | |of |
| | | | | |September |
| | | | | |2011 |
|Certificate| 6 030 | 8 935 | 8 238 | 11 778 |8Â 102 |
|d | | | | | |
Good progress has been in the current financial year with SETAs and INDLELA
reporting that from April to September 2011 a total of 8Â 102 persons have
been certificated.
The target of 10Â 000 artisan by 31 March 2012 should be achieved. and a
slight exceeding of the target is anticipated.
Compiler/contact persons: Ms P Moleke
Ext: 5222
DIRECTOR â GENERAL
STATUS:
DATE:
QUESTION 490 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr B NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
STATUS:
DATE: