Title: JUSTICE COLLEGE PRESENTATION FOR THE PORTOLIO COMMITTEE : 15 MARCH 2006
1JUSTICE COLLEGE PRESENTATION FOR THE PORTOLIO
COMMITTEE 15 MARCH 2006
Restructuring of Justice College 2006
Jacqui Ngeva Head Justice College
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Role of Justice College
- Justice College is the DOJCDs official training
institution for both - the compulsory pre-appointment, and voluntary
post-appointment training of judicial officers
(incl. Magistrates and Regional Magistrates), and - the voluntary post-appointment training of court
officials and other occupational groups in the
DOJCD (incl. Prosecutors, Interpreters, Masters
Office Personnel, etc) - Training programmes are designed on the basis of
systematically identified training needs of
clients in the DOJCD, and are designed and
implemented to fast track the development of
suitable candidates from historically
disadvantaged groups - Constitutional values, human rights and social
context issues are integrated in all courses
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Approved Establishment
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Functional Structure
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Directorate Judicial Training
Training Programmes
Number of Courses 2006/07
Number of Courses 2005/06
Magistrates
57
33
Clerks of the Court (Civil, Criminal, Equality,
Small Claims, Family Law)
23
69
Family Advocates/Counsellors
5
3
Family Advocates Office Admin Staff
2
-
Childrens Court Assistants
4
(included under Clerks)
Intermediaries
17
11
Commissioners of Child Welfare
4
(included under Magistrates)
Maintenance Investigators
3
2
Probation Officers
3
2
Registrars of the High Court
2
2
Court Office Managers
2
-
as per the published Work Programme for that
financial year
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Directorate Judicial Training
Ratio Lecturers v Officers of the Court/Judicial
Officers
Lecturers
Officials/Judicial Officers
20
1,833
V
9
3,916
V
1
61
V
(included under Clerks)
(included under Clerks)
1
31
V
(included under Magistrates)
1
13
V
1
(extra-departmental)
V
1
143
V
1
(90) (751) 841
V
subject matter experts (lecturers) lecture to
several occupational groups
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Directorate General Training
Training Programmes
Number of Courses 2006/07
Prosecutors, State Advocates (NPA)
Formal 26
Ad Hoc (46)
Masters Office Personnel
Formal 13
Ad Hoc (TBA)
Interpreters
Formal 9
Ad Hoc (TBA)
TOTAL (94)
as per the published Work Programme for that
financial year
Ad Hoc training interventions, not included on
the Work Programme
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Directorate General Training
Ratio Lecturers v Officials
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Annual VOTED Budgets
2005/06 Financial Year 2005/06 Financial Year 2005/06 Financial Year
COURSES OF JUSTICE COLLEGE (Presentation of courses, incl. delegates travel subsistence) 21,704,000 21,704,000
PRIVATE LAW/PUBLIC LAW (Operational budget, incl. staff salaries) 15,471,000 15,471,000
CD JUSTICE COLLEGE 828,,000 828,,000
TOTAL 38,003,000 38,003,000
2006/07 Financial Year (Preliminary) 2006/07 Financial Year (Preliminary) 2006/07 Financial Year (Preliminary)
COURSES OF JUSTICE COLLEGE COURSES OF JUSTICE COLLEGE 31,704,000
PRIVATE LAW/PUBLIC LAW PRIVATE LAW/PUBLIC LAW 17,339,000
MD JUSTICE COLEGE MD JUSTICE COLEGE 1,100,000
CD JUSTICE COLLEGE CD JUSTICE COLLEGE 886,000
TOTAL TOTAL 51,029,000
10 MASTERS TRAINING
Administration of Deceased Estates Appointment
in Deceased Estates Decision making and the
Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
Appointment in Insolvent Estates General
Administration Process of Deceased
Estates/Insolvent Estates Estate Duty
Estates under Tutorship and Curatorship Junior
Management Course for Masters Administration
of Estates for Service Points
11 INTERPRETERS COURSE
Beginners Interpreters Course Decentralized
Beginner Interpreters Course for Interpreters of
(Mpumalanga, Eastern, Western and
Northern Cape, Durban Gauteng and Limpopo)
Advanced Interpreters Course Advanced
Interpreters Course Sexual Offences
12 PROSECUTORS
COURSE Decentralized Course for Prosecutors
(Basic) Decentralized Course for Prosecutors
(Advanced) Social Context Training for Senior
Prosecutors/Chief Prosecutors/Tutors Trial
Advocacy Workshop for Members of the National
Prosecuting Authority
13 JUDICIAL EDUCATION Seminar
for Acting Regional Magistrates Seminar for
Acting Magistrates Intensive Social Context
Training Programme for Magistrates Social
Context Training Programme for Managers in the
Judiciary HIV/AIDS Training for Judicial
Officers
14 JUDICIAL EDUCATION cont Training
Programme for Mentors of Judicial Officers
Seminar for Presiding Officers Equality Courts
Course on the Application of the Promotion of
Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) Course on the
Application of the Access to Information Act
(PAIA) Child Law Course for Judicial Officers
15 JUDICIAL EDUCATION cont COMPONENT SPECIFIC
INTERVENTIONS Fast Track Training Programme
for Civil Court Magistrates Civil Court Quality
Assurance Law of Contract Law of Delict
Decentralised Civil Court Courses Workshop for
Advanced Civil Court Magistrates Workshop for
Electronic Communications and Transaction Act
16JUDICIAL EDUCATION contCRIMINAL COURT
COMPONENT Regional Magistrates Refresher
Seminar Decentralised Seminar for Criminal
Court Magistrates FAMILY COURT COMPONENT
Seminar for Commissioners of Child Welfare
Seminar for Family Law Magistrates
17 TRAINING INTERVENTIONS FOR CLERKS OF THE
COURT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE COURTGENERIC
INTERVENTIONS Court and Office Managers
Intermediaries Probation Officers
18 COMPONENT SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONSCIVIL
COURT COMPONENT Clerks of the Civil Court
Default Judgement and Microfinance Clerks of
the Civil Court Costs and Taxation Clerks of
the Small Claims Court PAJA,PAIA Course for
Clerks Equality Court Course for Clerks
Registrars of the High Court Default Judgement
Registrars of the High Court Costs and Taxation
19 FAMILY COURT COMPONENT Seminar for
Family Advocates Social Context foe Family
Advocates Family Law Clerks Children's Court
Assistants Clerks of the Criminal Courts
Maintenance Prosecutors Maintenance
Investigators Family Advocates Office
Administrative Personnel
20TRANSFORMATION OF JUSTICE COLLEGE
21BACKGROUND
- Justice College (JC) is a training arm of the
DoJCD that focuses on training mostly personnel
employed in the judiciary institutions of South
Africa - This institution did not keep up with the changes
that took place in the South African society
since the democratisation of the country, and it
has become essential to transform this
institution.
22BASIS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION
- The transformation of JC will take place within
the strategic plan and objectives of the
Department - The transformation is based on the following
values and principles - The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
- Batho Pele
- Professionalism
- Continuous Development
- Good Governance
- Open Communication
23Figure 1 CONCEPTUALISATION OF TRANSFORMED
JUSTICE COLLEGE
24GOVERNANCE
- Governance refers to structures that will be
implemented to ensure that JC complies with
requirements of its stakeholders. For example,
an Advisory Board comprised of various experts
would advise college management in terms of
relevance of training programmes. - It also includes Faculty Boards for various
specialisations
25Figure 2 SUGGESTED
ORGANISATIONAL/GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
26This graphical illustration shows that the
foundation of the transformed college should be
formed by Curriculum redress and
development Research and development An
effective learner management system Effective
training delivery methods and A quality
assurance system.
27FOUNDATION FOR THE TRANSFORMED COLLEGE
- The following would form the foundation of the
transformed college - Curriculum would be transformed into accredited
outcome-based learning programmes - A learner management system that will enable
adequate control over learner data management - A suitable learning delivery system inclusive of
e-learning - Research and development capacity would be
created - Structured quality assurance will be put in place
28The transformed college is based on five pillars
namely Administrative training Legal
training Prosecutorial training College
services and External relations
29ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING
- This division of the College will offer learning
programmes for court management. - In addition it is envisaged to transfer the
entire human resource development division of the
department to the college - Additional training programmes for administration
staff will be offered such as finance, project
management etc
30LEGAL TRAINING
- It is envisaged to retain the current legal
training programmes, but to transform them into
outcome-based education, bearing credit value - This will result in a structured, recognised
life-long learning path for employees of DoJCD - Additional training programmes will be added
31COLLEGE SUPPORT SERVICES
- College support services refer to those
services that are needed to enable JC to function
effectively. - It includes aspects such as finance,
marketing, computers (IT) and personnel functions.
32EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- External relations refer to two aspects namely
- To continue to service bilateral agreements
already in place, especially with regard to AU,
NEPAD and SADC - To form partnering agreements with existing
institutions such as universities and other
institutions. In this way capacity is created.
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ENVISAGED BUDGET
2006/07 Financial Year (Preliminary) 2006/07 Financial Year (Preliminary)
COURSES OF JUSTICE COLLEGE 69,704,000
HIGH LEVEL STRUCTURE 7,330,000
ExcI. Operational Personnel costs TOTAL 77,034,000
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TRANSFORMATION OF JUSTICE COLLEGE COSTING
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSFORMATION 39,000,000
PROGRAMME/COURSE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 18,600,000
IT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION 7,500,000
ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM ROLL-OUT 1,500,000
Excl Physical Infrastructure costs TOTAL 66,600,000
35CONCLUSION
- Key deliverables
- Establishing governance, management and
educational integrity - Curriculum redress and development
- Establishment of student support systems
- Establishment of management support systems
- Specification, evaluation and procurement of
EI-MIS system - Electronic learning system
- Human capital development
- Change management, communication and marketing
- Consultation regarding the development of a
physical infrastructure master plan.