Comparative Analysis of the Botswana Training Authority

(BOTA) and South African Services Sector and Education Training Authority (SSETA) on Quality

Assurance Performance IndicatorsCornelius Motsisi

 LAS VEGAS, USA

Background on Botswana

• GDP: US$11.6 billion (2009 estimate)GDP per head: US$6406 (2009)GDP Growth: -6% (2009)Inflation: 7.1% (May 2010)Major Industries: Diamonds, copper, nickel,

• beef and tourism

Legislative Framework

• National Policy on Education (1977)

• Apprentice and Industrial Act (1993)

• Revised National Policy on Education (1994)

Legislative Framework

• National Policy on Education (1977)

• Vocational Act (1998)

• Human Resource Dev. Council Act 2010

• Botswana Qualifications Authority• Act 2010

Global Rankings 

 Botswana S.A.Income category Upper middle Upper middle

income income

GNI per capita (US$): 7,720 (US$): 7,610

WEF Global CompetitivenessIndex 2013

74/148 53/148

Standard and Poor’s -2013(Sovereign rating)

A+ A- 

Heritage Foundation Index (Economic Freedom)

30/185 74/185

Ease of Doing Business

56/183 39/183

International Corruption Perceptions Index (2012)

33/176 69/176

Global Rankings   

Human Resource Development Index

119/187 121/187

*WEF Human Capital Index 79/122 86/122

WEF Global Gender Gap Index

85/136 17/136

Baseline Productivity Index 2/102 41/102

Global RankingsHuman Resource Development Index

119/187 121/187

*WEF Human Capital Index 79/122 86/122

WEF Global Gender Gap Index 85/136 17/136

Baseline Productivity Index 2/102 41/102

The Human Capital Report details the findings of a new Index which measures countries on their ability to develop and deployhealthy, educated and able

workers through four distinct pillars: Education, Health & Wellness, Workforce & Employment and Enabling Environment.  

Strategic Information  BOTA -

BotswanaSSETA - South Africa

Legislation Vocational Act of 1998

Skills Development Act of 1998

Date of establishment

2000 2000

Vision BOTA will be a world class Coordinating body for the development of quality vocational skills

Services SETA will instil in South Africa’s working communities a tangible, trainable, certifiable and accountable measure of service excellence, which it will be proud to benchmark against comparable international standards of service.

Strategic Information

Mission Co-ordinate an integrated accessible vocational training system that meets the needs of learners and industry through:• Development of

standards• Quality assurance • Policy advice• Monitoring and

evaluation 

National standards and qualifications in the sector and sub-sectors are created and registered onto the national qualifications framework, which will be used to curriculate, assess, certify, and manage performance in the sector to develop targeted skills and generic service skills.Quality learning provision is maintained throughout the sector.

Strategic Information

Challenges/ Situational analysis

• The substantive CEO was re-deployed to head the Human Resource Advisory Council

• The merger between The Tertiary Education Council and Botswana Training Authority had started

LMIS not yet fully operational

The SSETA was placed under administration after the CEO was fired by the Minister of Higher Education in February 2011

The SSETA has had some setbacks in the process of putting together a team of Executive Managers -following a situation where the entire team of previous Executive Managers left the employment of the SSETA.

Definition of Terms

Result Based Management -A management strategy focusing on performance and achievement of outputs, outcomes and impacts

Outcome-a change in conditions between the completion of outputs and the achievement of impact.

Output: Tangible product/ services of a VET policy or prog. that is necessary to achieve the objectives.

Definition of Terms

Monitoring: A continuing function that aims primarily to provide managers and main stakeholders with regular feedback and early indications of progress or lack thereof in the achievement of intended results.

Definition of Terms

Performance measurement: The collection, interpretation of, and reporting on data for performance indicators which measure how well programmes or projects deliver outputs and contribute to achievement of higher level aims (purposes and goals).

Data Comparative Analysis

 

Relevance

  SSETA (2012) BOTA

  Target Result Target Result

Sector Skills Plan     x x

Labour Market Information System (LMIS)     x x

  Gainful Employment N/A 4 076 (2011)    

Policy and Programme Reforms

National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS)

• Vision“by 2022 it will be universally accepted that

the quality, productivity and motivation of its people will be Botswana’s single greatest and most valuable resource”.

Policy and Programme Reforms

Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) has been established for the preliminary implementation of the strategy

Labour Market Observatory (LMO) &LMIS set up to host information: LFS, Labour, TVET and Tertiary x, Occupation Population, job seekers, vacancies, workplace inf. macro economic projections etc

USING LMIS TO IMPROVE TVET PROG.-BASELINE SURVEY

Industrial attachments• 84% of brigades/community colleges • 80% of private vocational training institutions • 79% public colleges• 75% parastatal/quasi-government institutions• 63% NGO institutions• 62% workplace training institutions

 

TRACER STUDIES

c. BOTA study of 2010 found:• around 50% of graduates found employment• around 50% were unemployed• 71.79% were employed full time in the

construction sector (construction trades, craft trades and industrial specialization)

• 59% of the females were unemployed• Employers, trainers and graduates rated the

skills as fairly adequate

TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS STUDY

The BOTA 2010 study on the list of priority vocational skills and strategies found:

A. identified 16 critical skills and 6priorities (italics) areas for the next five years:

1. Transport operations

2. Technical/vocational teaching

3. Hospitality and catering

4. Electrician

TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS STUDY

5. Radio/electronics/computer engineering & telecommunications

6. Diamond cutting/polishing and jewellery making

7. Masonry and bricklaying

8. Refrigeration and air-conditioning

9. Carpentry and joinery

10. Basic nursing & other health related programmes

TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS

11.Welding & fabrication

12. Marketing & sales

13. Plumbing & sheet metal

14. Machine tool repair/fitting

15. Motor mechanics

16. Agriculture

The research tools included the job opportunity index, surveys, interviews, consultation meetings, focus group interviews and a prioritization method

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