Portfolio Committee Presentation

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Joint India/SA activities Focus on Education

• Portfolio Committee Presentation
• 29 March 2006

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Content

• Ministerial visit to India
• Appointment of Foreign Nationals
• January Lekgotla Findings Recommendations on
  Education
• Progress wrt India/SA Activities including
  Education

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Aim

• Addressing the Public Service skills gap through
  the utilisation of Indian foreign nationals.

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Delegation

• Minister for the Public Service and
  Administration
• Minister in the Presidency
• Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
• Deputy Minister of Education
• Deputy Minister of Communications
• DG Department of Provincial and Local Government

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Methods explored

• Secondments of experienced Public Servants
• Mentorship programmes
• Short term exchange programme
• Exchange training programmes
• Joint training programmes
• Recruitment from the open market.

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Outcomes of the visit

• Memorandum of understanding
• Facilitate the transfer of skills between the two
  Public Services
• Facilitate the transfer of skills in the
  following governance and administration areas
• Human Resource planning
• Monitoring and evaluation
• The use of South African experts to assist India
  in the development of appropriate governance
  legislation
• Joint senior management training programmes

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Outcomes of the visit (cont)

• Education sector
• A field visit to 4 or 5 of the Education
  districts in South Africa by a joint team of
  Indian and South African officials to scope the
  skills requirements, shortages and gaps
• The assistance by India with the development of a
  framework for the evaluation of the South African
  Maths and Science teachers in order to identify
  the gaps and training programmes that could be
  used to bridge these
• A process to evaluate the South African maths and
  science curriculum
• Second quarter 2006

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Outcomes of the visit (cont)

• Local Government Sector - Project Consolidate
  initiative
• The establishment of a joint team to perform a
  scoping exercise to identify the specific
  requirements of municipalities and prepare a
  mentorship program.
• Communications - establish a joint task team
  (3x3) to undertake analysis of the SA ICT
  industry for human resources development and
  training.

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Principles in the utilization of foreign nationals

• No foreign national may enter or sojourn in South
  Africa with a view to permanent residence unless
  he or she is in possession of an immigration
  permit
• The employment of South African citizens and
  permanent residents must receive preference and
  the recruitment of foreign nationals should only
  be considered as a last resort
• The recruitment of foreign nationals should as
  far as possible be limited to critical
  occupations
• Departments must monitor the availability of
  human resources within South Africa in respect of
  the critical occupations regularly
• Recruitment of foreign nationals must take place
  with due regard to limitations in treaties,
  agreements or memoranda of understanding

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Criteria to be met in the appointment of Foreign
Nationals

• The South African labour market must have been
  properly tested through national recruitment
  campaigns, with a view to recruit from within
  South Africa, before considering the recruitment
  of foreigners as a last resort
• Employment should not be offered to foreign
  nationals where there is an adequate supply of
  suitable South African citizens or foreign
  nationals who have permanent residence
• Employing a foreign national must not displace a
  South African citizen or permanent resident from
  his or her post
• Should foreign nationals be appointed and an
  adequate supply of suitable (skilled) South
  African citizen become available in future, the
  employment of foreign nationals will have to be
  phased out in the critical occupations concerned
  in terms of the provisions of their employment
  contracts

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Education - Areas of investigation

• A quantitative analysis was performed based on
  the information available on PERSAL, BAS and
  Vulindlela, with a focus on district support

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Recommendations - Education

• It is recommended that -
• National Education, with assistance from the
  Indian Government, conduct an assessment and
  develop recommendations on the role and
  responsibilities of district/circuit offices and
  District/Circuit Managers with some focus on the
  oversight/monitoring function and support to
  schools, by July 2006
• National Education with the assistance of DPSA
  conduct an assessment of the role and
  responsibilities of Principals and consider the
  creation of an Education Institution Management
  Service, by July 2006
• The National Department of Education in
  collaboration with the Provincial Education
  Departments develop norms for the staffing of
  non-school based educators, management and
  administrative support personnel, in line with
  the proposals in recommendation 1, by July 2006

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Recommendations Education (cont)

• Provincial departments reprioritise their budgets
  and National Education, National Treasury,
  Provincial Education and Provincial Treasury
  consider the allocation of additional funding to
  give effect to the norms developed above with
  effect from September 2006
• National Education, utilising the SMS competency
  profiling battery, conduct an assessment of the
  skills gaps and develop recommendations on the
  bridging of these gaps within Senior Management
  in the provincial departments, by July 2006
• GA DG cluster conduct an assessment of the
  application of the SMS performance management
  system and develop recommendations for
  improvement of the application of the SMS
  performance management system by July 2006
• National Education ensures the effective
  implementation of the performance management
  system for educators by July 2006

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Progress wrt India/SA activities

• 1. The signing of the MOU
• Progress-
• Principle agreement reached
• MOU currently with State Law Advisors
• 2. Setting up a joint senior management training
  programme
• Progress-
• SAMDI has initiated discussions on the ffg
  areas
• Management training programmes
• Exchange programme for senior managers
• Training of community/village development workers
• Establishment of Civil Service College

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Progress wrt India/SA activities (cont)

• 3. Field visits to districts to advise on
  staffing, skills, equipment, etc.
• Progress-
• A proposal to utilise technical assistance from
  Education Development Consultants India ltd
  (Ed.CiL) towards
• The development of District Post Provisioning
  Resourcing Norms
• The determination of the critical skills and
  knowledge required for district management and
  administration
• 5-day visits to 5 districts 2 KZN and 3 EC

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Progress wrt India/SA activities (cont)

• 4. Technical support for the DoE mathematics and
  science strategy
• Progress-
• A proposal to utilise technical assistance from
  Education Development Consultants India ltd
  (Ed.Cil) to
• Assess and benchmark the mathematics, mathematics
  literacy and physical science curricula for
  Grades 10-12
• Assess and benchmark the exemplar grade 12
  examinations
• Administer appropriate conceptual and pedagogic
  tests to identified maths and science teachers
• Analyse tests and report on the results on each
  teachers level
• Train officials from the DoE and Provincial depts
  to administer the tests and to analyse the
  results

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Progress wrt India/SA activities (cont)

• 5. The establishment of a joint team by the DPLG
  focus on municipalities
• Progress-
• A working group has been established between DPLG
  and the Panchyathi Raj focus on the induction
  of the newly elected councillors
• Training of 18 municipal finincial employees in
  India cost of training covered by India
• 6. Undertake an analysis of the ICT industry for
  HRD and Training
• Progress-
• DoC is currently developing a proposal for
  consideration
• Information has been exchanged on space matters

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• Thank you

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