PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE: EDUCATION SERVICES TO OFFENDERS 5 May 2010

MANDATES PRIMARYSECONDARY 1.Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) Section South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Act. (No 58 of 1995) 2. The Correctional Services Act (No 111 of 1998) Sections – 3, 7, 16, 18, 19, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 64, 69 & South African Schools Act (No. 84 of 1996) 3. White Paper on Corrections (2004) Chapter 3, 8, 9, 11, & National Education Policy Act (No.27 of 1996) 4. Policy on Formal Education4. ABET Act (No. 52 of 2000) 5. Policy Procedures for Formal Education Programmes 5. Further Education and Training Act (No. 98 of 1998) 6. General Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act (No. 58 of

OBJECTIVES Enhance the quality of education Contribute actively to a literate society Contribute towards the personal development of each offender Use education as a foundation for further development of offenders and life-long learning Promote an integrated approach to education and training within the NQF Provide diverse education opportunities to offenders that are needs- based and market related Equip offenders with knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for self-reliance and good citizenship and Promote community participation in order to strengthen and enhance the rehabilitation efforts of the department and the reintegration of offenders back into their communities 3

FOCUS AREAS/ PROGRAMMES Early Childhood Development (ECD): Is a programme offered by ECD Practitioners, in partnership with the National Department of Basic Education (DoBE), to babies and toddlers who are with their incarcerated mothers at the following Regions: Gauteng- 72 babies; FS/NC- 29; WC-27; LMN- 21; EC- 16; and KZN ECD practitioners (unemployed Community members) as well as (7) Parolees were recruited and are remunerated a stipend as a poverty alleviation initiative whilst on training with an intention of providing ECD programmes to babies and toddlers incarcerated with their mothers at identified DCS facilities. The ECD qualification will empower these community members with a qualification equivalent to NQF L4 and 5 Training by DoE has commenced in the following regions: Gauteng: 6 practitioners; KZN: 2 practitioners; WC: 4 practitioners; EC 3 practitioners and 7 parolees. 4

1. Early Childhood Development (ECD) cont.: CHALLENGESPOSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ECD Practitioner training has not started in Free State due to the financial constraints in the Province. The National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the Free State Provincial Department. ECD Practitioner training has started in KZN, however the payment of stipend is still outstanding. The National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the KZN Provincial Department. The Gauteng Provincial Department of Education (GDE)terminated the payment of the ECD Practitioner’s stipend after completion of the training The National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the Gauteng Provincial Department. Programmes are not offered to all babies due to absence of trained ECD practitioners. The National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the respective Provincial Departments.

Pre- ABET is a programme offered, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DoBE) to all offenders who are identified as illiterate and willing to participate in all the six Regions. The DoBE assists DCS through the Mass Literacy Campaign project, Kha Ri Gude and Masifundisane in KZN. Volunteers from the community are trained as Kha Ri Gude facilitators and are offering this service to DCS. These volunteers are paid a stipend by the DoBE viz: Eastern Cape (EC) and Limpopo. DCS Educationists present literacy programmes in Correctional Centres where Kha Ri Gude presenters are not available.

Pre- ABET cont. CHALLENGESPOSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Non payment of stipend to Kha Ri Gude volunteer educators in all provinces except EC and Limpopo The National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the Provincial Departments. Insufficient training materialThe National Department of Basic Education is requested to take up this matter with the Provincial Departments. Non cooperation of Kha Ri Gude National office with DCS Intervention of the DG is required to assist in strengthening the partnership.

Adult Education and Training (AET) Adult Education and Training ( AET) resorts under the Ministry of Higher Education and 97 centres are already accredited to offer this programme hence they have been assigned Examination Centre Numbers as sites, where both internal and external examinations can be conducted. The programme (comprises levels 1-4) is offered on full time basis to both sentenced children and adult offenders. DCS Educationists in partnership with the Provincial Departments of Education are presenting full time tuition at the identified 97 examination Centres. The National Directorate of AET assisted DCS with the training of 42 Master trainers in the New AET Level 2 Curriculum. This training is being rolled-out to all the Management Areas within DCS.

Adult Education and Training (AET) Cont. CHALLENGESPOSSIBLE SOLUTION Shortage of ABET practitionersDeployment of ABET practitioners by DoE to DCS centres

Further Education and Training (FET) FET General, referred to as National Curriculum Statement (NCS), is offered in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DoBE) on full time basis to both sentenced children and adult offenders at the following centres: Usethubeni (Durban-KZN); St Albans (PE); Emthonjeni (Gauteng); Voorberg (W/Cape). These centres are catering for the Grade needs of learners and are registered as fulltime National Curriculum Statement (NCS) centres with EMIS numbers. This programme resorts under DoBE and tuition is presented by DCS Educators.

Further Education and Training (FET) NCS Cont. CHALLENGESPOSSIBLE SOLUTION The criteria mentioned below here are prerequisites for any centre to be registered as a full time NCS centre : Every centre must be in possession of EMIS centre number with all applicable school policies e.g. Language policy, admission policy, religion policy, etc. Adequate classrooms should be available to cater for various subject streams to be offered. Subject matter specialists (educators) to offer subjects from grades Time-table indicating minimum of 27,5 hours contact time every week - 5,5 hours contact time per day. A plan on internal moderation and cluster moderation regarding subject assessments. To facilitate accreditation of our centres as NCS Examination Centres, a meeting was held on 26/01/2009 at the Dept of Education with Director: FET Schools, Dr Nduna-Watson. She advised that the matter be handled at Provincial/ Regional Level, as each Provincial Dept of Education (PDE) is independent and autonomous. Poor co-operation from some of the Provincial Departments in helping DCS to have our centres registered as full time NCS centres viz; North West; Limpopo and Free State Intervention of the DG Basic Education is required to assist in alleviating the mentioned log-jams. Invitation of DCS DG to monthly meetings of the Provincial DGs

Further Education and Training (FET) NCV Cont. FET Vocational, in partnership with the Department of Higher Education is offered on full time basis to both sentenced children and adult offenders. FET Vocational refers to the National Certificate Vocational for levels 2 – 4. The tuition is presented on a full time basis by DCS Educators and FET Partners. In centres where there is great interest for learners to participate in programmes in large numbers, we are disadvantaged by lack of sufficient infrastructure to absorb them. A centre like Thohoyandou with a high illiteracy rate among youth offenders has got only one classroom to be used for all education programmes, hence few of them can be absorbed in our programmes.

COMPUTER BASED TRAINING (CBT) Basic computer literacy training is offered to offenders at identified resourced Correctional Centres viz; St Albans; Mthatha ; Kirkwood; Groenpunt; Pretoria; Leeuwkop; Modderbee; Ekuseni; Barberton ; Durban Westville; Klerksdorp ; Malmesbury; Pollsmoor; Voorberg & Brandvlei; Also an ICDL programme is currently underway at the following Youth Centres: Barberton, Durban Westville and Leeuwkop involving 250 offenders and it is sponsored by the Presidential National Commission (PNC) to a tune of R

OFFENDER PARTICIPATION (2010/11) ProgrammeNumber of offenders enrolled Pre-ABET – Level FET: NCS (Gr. 10 – 12) 253 FET: NCV (L 2-4) ENGINEERING STUDIES (N2 –N6) BUSINESS STUDIES (N2 –N6) HET (Correspondence) Computer Based Training 853 TOTAL This is 18% of the sentenced offender population as at January

SUCCESS RATE (2009/10) ProgrammeNo Registered WrotePassed% Pre-Abet – L % Gr 10 – 11 NCS (FET) % Gr 12 NCS (FET) % NCV L % Engineering Studies (N2 – 5) % Business Studies (N2 – 6) % 20 offenders also passed the old matric during the 2009 June Examinations 15

PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN YOUTH CENTRES REGIONCORRECTIONAL CENTRE PROGRAMME Eastern CapeSt AlbansPre-ABET – Level 4; NCS ; NCV & CBT CradockPre-ABET – Level 4. CofimvabaPre-ABET – Level 4 MdantsanePre-ABET – Level 4 & NCV Mt AyliffPre-ABET – Level 4 Free State & Northern CapeGroenpuntPre-ABET – Level 4 KimberleyPre-ABET – Level 4 KroonstadPre-ABET – Level 4 De-AarPre-ABET – Level 4 GrootvleiPre-ABET – Level 4 KurumanPre-ABET – Level 4 Douglas;Pre-ABET – Level 4

PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN YOUTH CENTRES REGIONCORRECTIONAL CENTRE PROGRAMME GautengEmthonjeniPre-ABET – Level 4; NCS & NCV LeeuwkopPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV & CBT BoksburgPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV JohannesburgPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV & CBT KwaZulu Natal Durban WestvillePre-ABET – Level 4; NCS ; NCV & CBT EkuseniPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV & CBT Limpopo, Mpumalanga & North West RustenburgPre-ABET – Level 4 BarbertonPre-ABET – Level 4; NCS ; NCV & CBT Western CapeBrandvleiPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV & CBT DrakensteinPre-ABET – Level 4; NCV & CBT HawequaPre-ABET – Level 4

DIRECTORATE’S FUTURE PLANS In our constant endeavours to render excellent services to our learners, the Directorate Formal Education has embarked on a project called “Centres of Specialization” where one Correctional Centre per Region was identified to operate as a full time school for National Curriculum Statement (NCS) implementation. This project is targeting Youth Centres to ensure that our offenders attend school on full-time basis and are exposed to quality learning and teaching. All four (4) Centres already mentioned above here are part of this process. For the medium term the Directorate intends to strengthen the Ekuseni Youth Centre and the New Kimberley Correctional Centres to function as Centres of Specialization as the prerequisite Infrastructure is already in place.