Department of Education Strategic Plan 2003/4

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Department of Education Strategic
Plan 2003/4

• Presentation to the Education Portfolio Committee
• 19 February 2002

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Approach to presentation

• Context
• What informs our plans
• Broad Themes
• Critical Areas
• Challenges for Implementation
• Conclusion

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Context

• (This is for the Rara)

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What Informs our Plans

• Government priorities
• Tirisano
• Broad mandate

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Government Agenda

• Pushing back the frontiers of poverty and
  addressing social needs
• Ensuring that all benefit from whatever economy
  offers (including unskilled and with low levels
  of education)
• Work with local government to provide services
• Attention to the challenge of HRD(incl. ICT)
• Further work on moral renewal
• Comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS

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Government cont.

• Creation of multi skilled development workers
• Increased focus on rural and urban nodes
• Increase the volume and quality of social
  infrastructure
• Realising the commitments of WCAR and WSSD
• Paying attention to arts, culture and music
• Mainstreaming gender issues on development and
  government eradication

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Tirisano

• Prog 1 HIV/AIDS
• Strategies for prevention
• Management
• Support and counseling
• Prg 2 School Effectiveness
• Geographical Impact
• Dysfunctional Schools
• Children in distress

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Tirisano cont.

• Prg. 3 Literacy
• SANLI
• Prg. 4 FET and HE
• FET Year of FET and Skills development
• HE Scarce Skills and Talent Search

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Tirisano cont.

• Prg 5 Organisational Effectiveness
• National and Provincial planning alignment
• District organisation and definition
• Role of Local Government
• Prg 6 Race and Values in Education

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Ongoing Mandate

• Cost of Education
• FET (Colleges, Integration of SSS)
• Teacher Development
• Finalising the Framework
• Unqualified and under qualified teachers
• Implementation of RNCS
• Implementation of Strategic Interventions (ICT,
  DINALEDI and Masifunde sonke)
• Ensuring that physical facilities are conducive
  for learning and basic services are provided
• Expand provision for Gr. R

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Mandate cont.

• HE Restructuring
• Inclusive Education (conversion of special
  schools, funding norms and HRD capacity)
• School safety (interventions on drug and
  substance abuse, gun free zones etc)

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Conclusion

• Detailed plans will be tabled 15 days after
  budget speech etc etc.