TRANSFORMATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & THE FOCUS ON DEVELOPING LEADERS OF TOMORROW: An emphasis on youth, women and people living with disabilities Danisa Baloyi Chairperson: National Skills Authority

The Past  Inequality as a policy  Lack of proper education  Lack of properly trained teachers  Lack of opportunity  Lack of cohesion in development structure  Skills gap  Problems in economic growth and development 2 Skills Development Transformation, Skills development and Empowerment

The Present The list is the same except these:  10 years of democracy  Policies of inclusion  Programmes for re dress of inequalities  Effort to eradicate poverty  Equity laws  Broad based BEE Act  Employment Equity Act  Skills development act  5 year of the NSDS 3

The areas of concern  Youth development  Women empowerment  People living with disabilities 4

Youth  Unemployment or under employment  Lack of proper education  Lack of life skills development  Lack of positive outlook  Lack of real targeted programmes 5

women  No real empowerment  An “add on” syndrome  Policies empowering – practice disempowering  Lack of skills due to no real focus  Lack of targeted programmes  Urban and rural areas gap  Lack equity  Lack of real preparation 6

People living with disabilities  Almost forgotten  Lack of focus on needs  Lack of equity programmes  Lack of targeted skills programmes  Lack of access to opportunity  “Add on” focus on group 7

What can be done  Targeted changes on NSDS changes  Focus on SETAs to effect real change  Targeted skills development programmes  Focus on women, youth and people living with disabilities  Target people where they are  Publicity to reach all South Africans  Conferences in all provinces (rotation basis)  Seminars all year round 8

 More focus on rural areas and townships  More companies must be involved  Removal of barriers to entry in SETAs  Focus on development of service providers  Equity measures on providers  Real training for empowerment  Removal of “silo” approach  Real targets for unemployed youth  Real enterprise development  Real skills development for growth and development  Real programme offerings that are empowering  Focus on uniformity of requirements  Real education on NSDS requirements 9

Conclusion  Need to work together  Focus on results  Focus of change  Focus on inclusion  Focus on equity targets  Focus on review of last five years  Development of new programmes that will empower all South Africans including these HDI’s  Improving the image of SETAs  Embarking on skills development training for all 10