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educationDepartment of EducationREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

STRATEGIC PLAN

2005 – 2009And

Operational Plans 2005/6

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The Planning System

CONSTITUTIONState of the Nation and PoA

Minister’s visionPremiers Speeches

Departmental Plan

MECs Budget Speeches

Provincial plans

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Freedom Charter

After 50 years,

“The doors of learning and culture shall be opened”

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Programme of Action

• Principles:– Integrated delivery through clusters

– Government wide systems for• Monitoring and Evaluation

• ICTs

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Economic Cluster

• To support the implementation of e-education

• Improved funding for FET Colleges

• Courses aligned with the needs of the economy

• Increased output of universities (including universities of technology) in priority sectors

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IRPS and JCPS ClustersInternational Relations, Peace and Security

• Provide capacity and support for the implementation of NEPAD programmes

Justice, Corrections, Police and Safety

• New Drugs Master Plan to be finalised

• Rapidly reduce the number of children in police and prison custody, with emphasis on KZN, WC and Gauteng

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Social Cluster

• Programmes to address exclusion based on race and gender

• Rehabilitation of communities in line with TRC recommendations

• Review the impact of socio-economic transformation on social cohesion

• National School Nutrition Programme, including social mobilisation for food gardens.

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Social Cluster 2

• Integrated ECD Programmes as part of Expanded Public Works Programme

• Recapitalisation of FET Colleges, ensuring that they have the necessary infrastructure, capacity and programmes relevant to the needs of our economy

• Allocation of resources to improved teaching and learning, especially in maths and science

• Ensure a unified institutional culture in universities

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Social Cluster 3

• Update the school register of needs, and iron out the creases between the spheres of government to meet the objective of safe classrooms and healthy environments

• Ensure that there is no learner learning under a tree, in a mud school, or under dangerous conditions.

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Minister’s vision

To impact on– poverty,

– unemployment and

– social cohesion,

by providing a quality education for all.

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Strategies

• Policy clarity and stability

• Consolidation of gains by targeting support

• Focus on improving learning outcomes

• Monitor, evaluate and correct as necessary

• Strengthened responsiveness

• Innovation, including ICTs

• Partnerships

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General Education

• Consolidating quality following the introduction of the RNCS into Grades 0-6

• Revising the Language Policy

• Revitalising Art, Music and Sport at school

• Investing in quality teaching:– National Framework for Teacher Education– Managing and rewarding performance

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General Education 2

• Expanded ABET and Literacy programmes

• Improved institutional governnace and district support

• Ongoing implementation of inclusive education strategies

• Development of an assessment protocol

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Further Education and Training

• Increase in headcount

• Relevant and responsive programme mix

• Improved success rate (70%)

• Qualified and competent College staff

• Well managed and governed modern institutions, with efficient systems

• Partnerships with business and SETAs

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Further Education and Training 2

• National Resourcing Plan for the FET Sector

• Finalisation and implementation of programme based funding for Colleges

• Development of quality assurance systems for FET College programmes

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System Planning

• Ensuring access to schooling, especially for the poor

• Infrastructure audit, and national interventions in planning, design and construction of schools

• Re-design of Information System (EMIS)

• Establish Monitoring and Evaluation unit

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System Planning 2

• Analysis of education investment and expenditure to ensure equity and redress in resourcing

• Ensuring constructive labour relations in education

• Managing teacher supply and demand• Managing bilateral and multi-lateral co-

operation agreements, and conditional grants

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System Planning 3

• Reporting on Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

• Finalising the revised NQF• Planning support for integrated programmes

– Growth and Development Summit– ISRDP– URP– EPWP …

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Quality Promotion and Development

• Continuous improvement in learning outcomes, while bridging the quality divide

• Levers to be used:– Regular assessment of achievement in critical

learning areas at key levels of the system– Support to Whole School Evaluation policy– Focus on health programmes at school,

including NSNP

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Quality Promotion and Development 2

• Policy guidelines for the promotion and governance of school sport, art and culture

• Increased participation in rural and urban nodes

• Support for the Ministerial Committee on Gender Equity

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Higher Education

• To support the production of quality graduates needed for the social and economic development of the country– Enrolment Planning– Greater articulation between FET and HE

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Higher Education 2

• To achieve equity in higher education– Analysis of enrolment in terms of race and

gender– Assessing the nature and impact of institutional

culture on achievement of equity

• To provide support to institutions for governance and management

• To promote and sustain research

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Higher Education 3

• To promote and support a leadership role for South Africa in Africa and the world– A national conference on African studies– Curriculum development linked to identity and

values

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Corporate Services

• Provincial support and co-ordination– Eastern Cape initiative– Call Centre– Monitoring procurement and supply of LTSMs

• Operationalising foreign policy priorities, and strengthening international relations, especially within SADC, Africa and the South (IBSA)

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Thank you