BRIEFING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE EDUCATION TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES SETA (Progress as at 31 March 2004) BRIEFING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 10 AUGUST 2004

SECTOR PROFILE The ETDP SETA is demarcated into the following Constituencies Constituencies No. of Employers No. Of Employees 1. National and Provincial Departments of Education 10 464428 2. Universities and Technikons 36 43893 3. Independent Schools 1494 51467 4. Private Further Education and Training Providers 1697 23897 5. NGOs in ETD Provisioning 150 3641 6. Private Early Childhood Development Organisations 19859 47675 7. Libraries and Archives 21 105 8. Trade Unions 464 13851 9. Political Parties 104 305 10. Research Institutions 66 1654 11. Professional Organisations 524 12. Private Higher Education and Training Providers 37 1999 13. Private ABET Providers 506 2629 TOTAL 24480 656068

NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TARGETS 2001 – 2005 Cumulative Targets from 2001 to March 2005 SETA Progress to 31 March 2004 (Cumulative) Variance / Gap Percentage Achieved 1. Developing a culture of high quality lifelong learning 1.1 By March 2005, 10 000 of all workers have at least level one qualification on the NQF 5123 - 4877 51.23% 1.2 By March 2005, a minimum of 96 000 workers have embarked on structured learning programmes. 50% must have completed satisfactorily. 601297 + 505297 626.35% 1.3 By March 2005, 20 Enterprises to have committed or achieved IIP status 9 - 11 45%

NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TARGETS 2001 – 2005 (continued) Cumulative Targets from 2001 to March 2005 SETA Progress to 31 March 2004(Cumulative) Variance / Gap Percentage Achieved 2. Fostering Skills development in the formal economy for productivity and employment growth 2.1 By March 2005, at least 91 enterprises (150+) receiving skills development grants and contributions towards productivity and employer and employee benefits are measured 205 +114 225% 2.2 By March 2005, at least 160 of enterprises employing between 50 and 149 workers are receiving skills development grants and the contributions towards productivity and employer and employee benefits are measured 430 +270 472% 2.3 By March 2005, 12 Learnerships are registered in the ETD sector 13 +1 108% 2.4 By March 2005, all government departments assess and report on budgeted expenditure for skills development relevant to public service, sector and departmental priorities 10 100%

NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TARGETS 2001 – 2005 (continued) Cumulative Targets from 2001 to 2005 SETA Progress to 31 March 2004 (Cumulative) Variance / Gap Percentage Achieved 3. Assisting new entrants into employment 3.1 By March 2005, at least 624 of new and existing registered small business to be supported in skills development initiatives and the impact of such support to be measured 819 +195 131.25% 4. Fostering skills development in the formal economy for productivity and employment growth 4.1 By March 2005, R81m of the NSF apportionment is spent on viable development projects R15m spent -R66m 18.52% 4.2 By March 2005, the impact of the NSF is measured by project type and duration, including details of placement rates, which shall be at least 70% 2008 Learners still in learning

NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TARGETS 2001 – 2005 (continued) Cumulative Targets from 2001 to 2005 SETA Progress to 31 March 2004 (Cumulative) Variance / Gap Percentage Achieved 5. Promoting skills development for employability and sustainable livelihoods through social development initiatives 5.1 By March 2005, a minimum of 10 000 people will have entered learnerships, with a minimum of 5000 people under the age of 30 (18.1 learners) 3830 - 6170 38.3% 5.2 By March 2005, a minimum of 5000 of those who have completed learnerships are, within 6 months of completion, employed, in full time study or further training or are in social development programmes 1822 Learners

Budget and Levy Chambers 3. SETA GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Board EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Budget and Levy Chambers Management Committee Audit CEO Finance HR SMT JSC X3

ORGANISATION SIZE AND FUNDS DISBURSED GRANTS DISBURSEMENTS GRANT TYPE ORGANISATION SIZE AND FUNDS DISBURSED TOTAL GRANTS 0 – 49 Value (in Rands) 50 – 149 150+ Unknown Numbers Workplace Skills Plan 873 1,841,329 91 238,535 57 9,911,822 237 2,288,551 1258 14,280,237 Implementation Grant 25 9 283 29,734,762 318 Learnership Fee 20 379,095 17 1,356,755 93 3,900,778 130 5,636,628 Learnership Allowance 4 115,440 1 31,200 5 146,640 Skills Prog. 327 16,161,986 32 1,866,189 86 10,010,574 454 28,038,749 Totals 1249 18,497,850 150 3,492,679 143 19,922,396 622 35,924,091 2165 77,837,016

5. QUALITY ASSURANCE ACCREDITATION 0-49 50-149 150+ TOTAL Accreditation Application 248 4 252 Accredited Providers 156 160 Unsuccessful Providers 69 Appeals against accreditation Providers de-accredited Providers being supported 239 2 241

6. QUALITY ASSURANCE - CONTINUED Registered Assessors 691 Registered Moderators 335 Registered Verifiers 14 Registered Learners 29261 Learner endorsements 16096

7. WORKFORCE PROFILE Legislators, senior officials and managers 8 7 2 OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY FEMALE MALE Black Colored Indian White TOTAL Legislators, senior officials and managers 8 7 2 1 19 Professionals 18 4 5 51 Technicians and Associate Professionals 23 Elementary Occupations Total Permanent 47 3 26 6 95 Total Non-permanent 15 55 27 110

8. FINANCE Levy Income and Expenditure

8. FINANCE Administration Income and Expenditure

9. ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNER STATISTICS - RACIAL BREAKDOWN NATIONAL SKILLS FUND AND ETDP SETA FUNDED

9. ACHIEVEMENTS (continued) LEARNER STATISTICS– GENDER BREAKDOWN

9. ACHIEVEMENTS (continued) NATIONAL SKILLS FUND IMPLEMENTATION - INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ISRDP)

9. ACHIEVEMENTS (continued) NATIONAL SKILLS FUND IMPLEMENTATION – URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT (URP)

10. CHALLENGES Shortage of accredited training providers in some provinces (especially black providers) The reluctance of some employers to buy into the idea of hosting learnerships within their organisations Increase the intake of learners with disabilities and/or special needs participating in learnerships Build capacity of accredited providers to implement RPL assessments Increase and sustain the submission rate of the annual training reports from some constituencies

11. PROSPECTS Establishment of ETDP SETA regional/provincial presence Capacity building initiatives for skills development facilitators (SDFs) and skills development committee members (SDCs) Registration of Learnerships in the areas of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Capacity Building and quality promotion initiatives for constituent providers in rural areas

Chief Executive Officer, ETDP SETA Thank You NOMBULELO NXESI Chief Executive Officer, ETDP SETA Physical Address Tuscany Office Park Building X (10) Coombe Place Rivonia 2128 Contact Tel: (011) 807-3720 Fax: (011) 807- 5017/ 7490