1 department of education and asgi-sa presentation to portfolio committee
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND ASGI-SA
Presentation to
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
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Overview of presentation
• Education and the economy • Education provision and contribution to
accelerated and shared growth • Special ASGI-SA projects
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Education and the Economy
• Studies across the world and in South Africa indicate that increased levels of education support economic growth and reduce poverty and unemployment
• South Africa needs to accelerate access to quality education at all levels of the education and training system
• ECD, General Education, Further Education and Higher Education
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Current provision
School system 12 million learners
FET Colleges 400 000 students
Higher Education 700 000 students
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Enrolment in public and private schools grades 1 - 12, 1999 to 2005
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200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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Year Enrolled Wrote Passed HEE
2001 477 955 449 371 277 206 67 707
2002 471 309 443 821 305 774 75 048
2003 457 145 440 267 322 492 82 010
2004 493 447 467 985 330 717 85 117
2005 533 405 508 363 347 184 86 531
Grade 12 Enrolment, writing and passing 2001 - 2005
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Early Childhood Development
• Goal to expand and improve early childhood care and education especially for most disadvantaged
• Gross enrolment is the main indicator
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ECD(0 - 4 years): an integrated approach
• Interdepartmental committee established• Facilitates provision of services for 0 -4
year olds• National Integrated Plan developed • Plan demarcates roles of different
departments • DoE responsible for programme content,
teacher training and payment of stipends
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Grade R
• Expand access to all five year olds by 2010
• Improve quality through provision of training of teachers equipment food, nutrition and safe environments
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General Education
• Universal enrolment from Grade 1 to Grade 9• Need to improve quality of teaching and
learning • The National Curriculum Statement aims to do
this • Need to accelerate initiatives aimed at
improving quality provision: infrastructure, equipment and books, health, safety and teaching especially reading, writing and calculating.
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WHAT IS THE NCS?• Nationally set curriculum
– Internationally benchmarked– Modern: 21st Century skills– Focus on Africa and South Africa
• Grades R-9: 8 Learning Areas– Grounding for Grades 10-12
• Grades 10-12: 29 Subjects• Introduction of NCS Grades 10-12: 2006–2008• All 29 subjects nationally examined in 2008• Exit with a National Senior Certificate
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FET – Grades 10 –12
• High levels of enrolment in Grade 10 and then reduction in Grade 11 numbers and again in Grade 12
• Need to retain more learners in Grade 11 and 12 and improve quality of learning outcomes
• The National Curriculum sets the benchmarks
• Need to accelerate quality provision through infrastructure, equipment, books and high quality teaching
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FET Colleges
• Huge increase in enrolment over the last five years
• Race and gender profile of learners has changed
• Need to accelerate enrolment and improve quality of programmes offered
• Re-capitalisation aims to spend R1,9 billion on
infrastructure, equipment, lecturers and administrative systems to deliver new programmes that address the needs of the economy
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Higher Education
• Current system has expended the numbers enrolled and substantially changed profile of students
• Plans in place to accelerate access and quality through
Enrolment planning, Quality assurance reviews and NSFAS
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ASGI-SA Special Projects 1
QIDS- UP• Many of our schools do not have the basic
requirements for provision of quality education
• Schools from poorest quintile will be selected to provide improved infrastructure, basic equipment, reading books and improved teaching and learning outcomes
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ASGI-SA Special Project 2
Dinaledi Schools
• Goal is to accelerate higher grade maths and science passes in Grade 12 especially among African learners from 25 000 in 2005 to 50 000 in 2008
• 400 Dinaledi schools have been chosen to drive this initiative – the number will increase
• Additional resources and support for teacher and learners will be provided in 2006, 2007 and 2008
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ASGI-SA Special Project 3
Re-capitalisation of FET Colleges
• Phase out outdated programmes over 2007 - 2009 and introduce new programmes that meet the needs of the economy
• Accelerate access to these programmes through provision of modern infrastructure, IT, equipment and new funding formula
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Priority Skills Programmes for SA
• Determine relevant skills / vocational programmes
• Determine sectors for programmes• Determine modalities for offering
programmes
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Relevant vocational education 1
• Good communication skills and problem solving skills
• Information technology Skills• Translates into reading, wrting,
calculating High levelsof reading writnbg and and IT = fundamentals
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Relevant vocational education 2
13 sectors chosen according to priority skills needs and needs of ASGI-SA
Five engineering Four business (finance, office admin,
management, marketing) IT Agriculture Tourism and Hospitality Studies
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Conclusion
• ASGI-SA dedicated skills initiative
• Sustainability depends on a global view
Solid, quality foundations (General Education) Appropriate high level skills Vibrant HE sector to ensure knowledge
production and new generation of teachers and oher professionals