STATUS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

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STATUS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

• Presented by
• Minister
• Head of Human Resource Development Council of SA
  (HRDCSA) Secretariat
• 14 November 2012

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Presentation Outline

• HRDCSA Governance Structures
• Mandate of the HRDCSA
• Objectives of the Human Resource Development
  Strategy (HRDSA)
• Five Point Plan of Council
• Achievements of Council
• Progress on the HRDSA
• Progress on the work of the TTTs
• Core features of the HRDSA
• New approach to the HRDSA
• Principles of the HRD Plan
• HRD Challenges in SA
• Priority areas of the draft plan
• Critical success factors
• Conclusion

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HRDCSA Governance Structures
Chaired by the Deputy President. Representatives
include Relevant Cabinet Ministers, senior
leaders from organised business, organised
labour, community, and research institutions
HRDCSA
HRD Technical Working Group
HRD Secretariat Managed by DHET
Consists of representatives from government,
organised business, organised labour, research
institutions and relevant experts.
Technical Task Teams
HRD Provincial Forum
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Mandate

• Advise DP on the implementation of HRD policies
  and strategies guide and shape the HRD agenda
• Medium for constant dialogue and consensus
  building on HRD
• Identify skills blockages and recommend
  solutions
• Promote knowledge management and benchmarking at
  enterprise and national level
• Monitoring and evaluation and
• Advocacy and communication.

The role of Council is not to implement the
strategy, but to create a platform where
social partners engage in coming up with
solutions to address bottlenecks in the
development of human resources in South Africa
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Objectives of the HRDSA

• Increase responsiveness of training and education
  to social and economic development agenda
• Address quality issues in the education and
  skills development pipeline
• Address skills shortages in priority areas
• Establish institutional mechanism for
  coordination, integration, coherence,
  accountability and reporting and
• Optimise efficacy and outcomes of HRD in respect
  of SA development agenda.

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Five Point Work Plan
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Achievements
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Progress made on the Strategy
Stakeholders Issues
COMMITMENT THREE Department of Basic Education Strategy and Action Plan Annual National Assessments (ANA) Developed .
COMMITMENT SIX Department of Science and Technology Strategy and Action Plan
COMMITMENT TWO Economic Development Department New Growth Path and its impact on HRDCSA
COMMITMENT FOUR South African Maritime Safety Authority Maritime Skills Study
COMMITMENT FOUR South African Institute of Chartered Accountants Thuthuka Model to develop black Chartered Accountants
COMMITMENT SIX Department of Communications National E-Skills Strategy
COMMITMENT THREE Department of Higher Education and Training and Department of Basic Education Integrated Teacher Development Strategy
COMMITMENT SIX Google/Vodacom/DTI Launch of Woza online Websites for SMMEs Partnership with Regenesys Business school
COMMITMENT SEVEN Department of Public Service and Administration The HRD Strategy of the Public Service and on Professionalizing the Public Service.
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Progress Technical Task Teams
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Core Features of the current HRDSA

• A performance indicator approach with many
  targets and strategic priorities
• An approach which covered a wide array of
  priority areas and
• A replication of the key performance demands
  facing the constituent departments participating
  in the HRDSA 2010-2030.

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New approach for the National HRD Plan

• Ownership and buy-in from participating
  Departments and entities
• A clear set of protocols that clarify roles of
  implementers
• This model is based on the following key
  premises
• Government has limited institutional capacity to
  resolve all socio-economic problems
  simultaneously
• Only a limited set of priority interventions can
  be adopted at any one time and
• Horizontal coordination within National and
  Provincial government is a crucial area of
  intervention in resolving persistent
  socio-economic problems.

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Principles
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Challenges addressed on the plan
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CHALLENGES
Poverty Inequality Unemployment
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CHALLENGES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
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PRIORITY AREAS FOR NATIONAL HRD PLAN
Foundation
Schooling
Post schooling
Work place

• Quality ECD
• Practitioners
• Facilities
• Recognising the need
• Development

Quality Schooling Competence and capacity of
school principals Teacher Development Resourcing
FET Colleges Universities Universities of
Technology Education ltgt Industry
Partnerships Higher Education enrollment
throughput Production of Academics
Recognition of Prior Learning Career
Development Career Progression Every work place a
training place
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES Social issues
Rural Development
Information and Communications Technology
Enterprise Development / Enabling Entrepreneurship
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Critical success factors
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The End

• Together we can achieve more

PARTNERING TO INNOVATIVELY DEVELOP SAs HUMAN
POTENTIAL
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