SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES GOAL To ensure access, and promote active participation of learners in sports, arts and culture in schools.

OBJECTIVES (SCHOOLS SPORT)  Strengthening sport in the curriculum through national programmes;  Developing a legislative and policy framework with regard to school sport;  Ensure access to adequate sporting facilities at school level.  Creating partnerships for sport development.  Ensure a co-ordinated framework for competitive sports.

OBJECTIVES (ARTS & CULTURE)  Strengthening arts and culture in the implementation of the curriculum (RNCS).  Creating partnerships for development.  Promoting cultural activities and displays.

Current Realities  The great divide between historically advantaged and historically disadvantaged schools;  The lack of opportunities provided to learners to participate in school sports and arts and culture programmes;  An imbalance in the extent to which sport is played as part of the curriculum, as part of extra- curricular programmes and at a competitive level;

Current Realities cont.  The non-availability of adequately trained educators to teach sports, arts and culture;  The poor levels of infrastructure in many of our schools.

PROJECTS  National Audit: School Sport, Arts and Culture  Relokologile National Athletics for All  Celebration of Different Cultural Genres by Schools  Programme on ‘Amasiko’ as told by elders  TRANSNET – DoE Project  National School Sport Policy and  Legislative Framework - School Sport - Statutory Body

PROJECTS – Discussions  Arebapaleng: Schools’ Ball Games  Daimler Chrysler: Art Exhibition for learners  School Sport Strategy  Support for Life Orientation Educators  Framework for sharing of Sporting facilities

National Audit: School Sport, Arts and Culture  The intention is to establish data- base on the state of school sports, arts and culture in the provinces.  Progress: –· Financial resources secured from DfID –· CSIR appointed as Service provider –· Field-work started on 8 September – expected to be completed on 30 September 2003.

Promoting cultural activities and displays Intention is to profile different types of indigenous arts and cultures Progress: Celebration of South African Music Week (SAMW) in- school programme.  DoE, DAC and MIDI Trust launched the SAMW – 12 August 2003  Music Week in-school programmes: Successfully launched in North West, Mpumalanga and Free State (August 2003)

Promoting cultural activities and displays cont. Celebrating indigenous music and dance and emerging talents in schools. Progress:  Schools Indigenous Music and Dance Festival planned for 21 March 2004  Guidelines Document for schools – to be developed.

Relokologile: National Athletics for ALL The intention is to encouraging ALL learners to participate in athletics activities organised at school, circuit, district, regional, and provincial and culminating in a national athletics meeting. Progress  The proposal to implement the initiative in partnership with USSASA has been approved by the DoE  Provinces have been informed and commenced planning for March/April 2004.

Legislative Framework To provide a framework for the promotion and organisation of school sport in South Africa. Progress  The two Ministers (DoE and SRSA) have met.  The two DGs are finalising the draft document for the Ministers

Successes  National implementation structures established – all provinces are represented  Quarterly meetings held to discuss challenges, progress and strategies  Secured additional financial resources Partnership initiatives – with other Departments – DAC, SRSA, SC and DWAF.

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