1. Department of Higher Education and Training
State of Community Education and Training in South Africa
Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training
14 September 2016

2. Presentation outline Characteristic Features of the inherited system
Consequential Challenges
New CET Subsystem Configuration
Foundations in Legislation and Policy
Principles: Community Education and Training
Phase 1: Establishment of community colleges
Approach to CET College programme offerings
Strengthening Governance and management
CET College System Stabilisation Measures
Challenges in the CET system
Plans for the future

3. Characteristic Features of the inherited System
Persistent gender, race, geography and class inequalities regarding access to and success in education and training opportunities, particularly the NEETS.
Inability of various education institutions to cater for this group of youths and adults due to:
Poor articulation and differentiation
Minimal or absence non-formal programmes
Lack of diversity and responsiveness of programme offerings (focus on formal/academic programmes)
Poor quality of provision and inordinate system inefficiencies
Poor or no integration with the levy grant institutions (agencies)

4. Student enrolment:

5. Student Enrolment per province, 2014
Centres
Lecturers
Students EC
278
3311
33644 FS
121
690
11884 GP 46
2577
96282
KZN
426
3037
26024 LP
304
1535
21569 MP
233
1659
21018 NC 33 70
1060 NW
288
1436
22286 WC 99
1132
28913
TOTAL
1818
15447
262680

6. Student enrolment per programme type

7. Students NQF 1 Completion rates (%) per province

8. Staffing categories: 2014 Province Management Lecturers Support Staff
Total
Female
Male EC
249 64
313
2 471
487
2958 27 13 40
2 747
564
3 311 FS 60 51
111
395
183
578 1
456
234
690 GP 14 32 46
1 432
860
2 292
126
113
239
1 572
1 005
2 577
KZN
310 77
387
1 930
694
2 624 18 8 26
2 258
779
3 037 LP
401 75
476
851
184
1 035 20 4 24
1 272
263
1 535 MP
178 31
209
1 256
185
1 441 7 2 9
218
1 659 NC
177 67
244
923
246
1 169 23
1 114
322
1 436 NW 15 45 10 55 59 11 70 WC 89 69
158
474
371
845 73 56
129
636
496
1132
NATIONAL
1 492
467
1 959
9 777
3 220
12 997
286
205
491
11 555
3 892
15 447 %
76.2
23.8
100
75.2
24.8
58.2
41.8
74.8
25.2

9. Lecturer Qualifications: Extent of the Problem

10. CET Subsystem Funding: MTEF Allocation
Programme
Adjusted Appropriation
R’000
Medium-Term Expenditure Estimate
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
Administration
Planning, Policy and Strategy
58 260
71 545
76 447
81 825
University Education
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Skills Development
Community Education and Training
Subtotal  
Direct charge against the National Revenue Fund
Total

11. CET Subsystem Funding: MTEF Allocation
Economic Classification
Adjusted Appropriation
R’000
Medium-Term Expenditure Estimate
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
Compensation of Employees
Goods and Services
Transfers and subsidies
National Student Financial Aid Scheme
Public entities (SAQA, CHE, QCTO)
SETA transfers (DHET’s contribution)
Universities
TVET colleges (Subsidies)
Community Education Training Centers
92 470
98 202
Higher Education South Africa for HEAIDS project
7 761
8 172
8 581
9 079
Commonwealth of Learning and IBSA
3 951
3 323
3 489
3 691
Other (Leave gratuity)
2 593 -
Payments for capital assets
10531
7 705
9 227
9 470
Subtotal  
Direct charge against the National Revenue Fund
Total

12. 2016/17 First Quarter: Spending per Programme
Allocation
R’000
Actual Expenditure
Variance
% Spent
1: Administration
87 362
23.4%
2: Planning, Policy and Strategy
71 545
11 981
59 564
16.7%
3: University Education
51.1%
4: Technical and Vocational Education and Training
29.6%
5: Skills Development
43 600
19.4%
6: Community Education and Training
14.7%
Direct Charges (SETAs and NSF)
19.3%
Total
39.1%

13. Spending per Economic Classification Economic Classification
2016/17 First Quarter:
Spending per Economic Classification
Economic Classification
Allocation
R’000
Actual Expenditure
Deviation
% Spent
Compensation of Employees
Personnel Expenditure
Examiners and Moderators
84 448
13 846
70 602
22.7%
16.4%
Goods and Services
68 494
18.3%
Transfer Payments
41.4%
Universities
49.8%
Public Entities
NSFAS
Other
44 173
54.8%
19.8%
Commonwealth of Learning/IBSA/HESA
11 495 - 0%
TVET Colleges
49.7%
CET Colleges
98 202
Skills levy
19.3%
Households and Claims against the State
6 646
(6 646)
Capital Expenditure
7 705
1 494
6 211
19.4%
Total
39.1%

14. Consequential Challenges
1.711m people (9%) have no formal schooling
3.748m people (18.4%) have some primary schooling
1.6m people (8.4%) completed primary schooling
12.079m people (64%) have some form of secondary school but have not attained an NQF Level 4 qualification such as the NSC, SC or NC(V).

15. NEW CET SUBSYSTEM CONFIGURATION

16. Foundations in Legislation and Policy
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
White Paper for Post-School Education and Training
Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006
National Policy for Community Education and Training Colleges
National Policy for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Education and Training Colleges (Draft)

17. Principles: Community Education and Training
Social justice;
Community determination, access, participation, success and development;
Partnerships, employer and work organisation involvement;
Local community developmental agenda determination;
Inter-departmental cooperation;
Agency for the State’s developmental agenda; and
Robust research, monitoring and evaluation.

18. Phase 1: Establishment of Community Colleges
In terms notices published in Government Gazette No of 16 March 2015 the following Community Colleges were established:
Name
Notice No.
LP Community Education and Training College
213
EC Community Education and Training College
214
WC Community Education and Training College
215
KZN Community Education and Training College
216
NW Community Education and Training College
217
NC Community Education and Training College
218
FS Community Education and Training College
219
GP Community Education and Training College
220
MP Community Education and Training College
221

19. Phase 1: Establishment of Community Colleges
In terms notices published in Government Gazette No of 7 April 2015 the former PALCs were merged into the new CET College per province as indicated in the Table below:
Name
CLCs
Notice
LP Community Education and Training College
779
298
EC Community Education and Training College
304
300
WC Community Education and Training College
254
305
KZN Community Education and Training College
1097
299
NW Community Education and Training College
148
303
NC Community Education and Training College
191
297
FS Community Education and Training College
204
301
GP Community Education and Training College 47
302
MP Community Education and Training College
252
3276

20. CET Programme Provision Model
Formal General Education qualifications
Non-formal community programmes
Community Education and Training
Formal occupational qualifications

21. Approach to CET College Programme offerings
Analysis of the following
- Statsa General Household Surveys (GHS)
Provincial Growth and Development and Strategies (PGDS
Provincial Multi-deprivation Indices (PMDI)
District Integrated Development Plans (IDPs)
District Multi-Deprivation Indices (DMDI)
Provincial, District and Local Municipality Economic Drivers
Problem of and the inability to fund the correction of REQVs, estimated to cost close to R90 million

22. Approach to CET College Programme offerings
Formal General Education:
- General Education and Training Certificate Adults,
- National Senior Certificate Adults
Senior Certificate
National Senior Certificate repeaters.
Formal Occupational Programmes
Bricklaying
Plumbing
Carpentry
Non-formal Programmes: Community determination
IDP-linked
District-Local, Inter-departmental Agenda: EPWP, CWP, CDW programmes

23. Strengthening Governance and Management
In terms of the CET Act, 2006, a CET College Council must be constituted as follows:
Principal
5 Ministerial appointees
4 Appointees appointed in consultation with the Minister
1 Donor to the CET college
1 member off the Academic Board elected by the Academic Board
2 staff representatives
2 SRC members determined by the SRC
The Department and College Council are finalising the nomination of the Section 10(6) category of Council Members for consultation with the Minister

24. Strengthening Governance and Management
In terms of the National Policy on Community Education and Training Colleges, CET College management must, subject to availability of funds, be constituted as follows:
Principal
Deputy Principal: Academic (Education, Training and Development)
Deputy Principal: Finance (Chief Financial Officer)
Deputy Principal: Corporate Service

25. Strengthening Governance and Management
2. The Department will, during September, conclude the process of recommending to the Minister names of candidates for substantive appointment as CET College Principals
3. The process of filling the posts of 27 deputy principals has started and the interviews will start in September 2016
4. The target is to have fully constituted Councils and full functional management by the beginning of 2017

26. CET College System Stabilisation Measures
National Policy on CET Colleges
National Policy for the Monitoring of CET Colleges
Post-Provisioning Norms
Staffing Norms
Time-tabling norms and standards
Pilots this year with the CIE and Plan for next
National Policy on Learning and Teaching Support Materials
National Policy of Student and Community Support Services

27. CET College System Stabilisation Measures
9. Minimum Admission Requirements into higher education programme for the NASCA
10. Regulations for the establishment and/or closure of Community Learning Centres and Satellite Centres
11. National Curriculum Statement for the NASCA and the GETCA
12. Regulations for CET College annual reporting
13. National Strategy for Forging Partnerships with stakeholders
14. National Norms and Standards for Funding CET Colleges

28. Challenges in the CET College System
Transitional macro-governance of the CET College system
Performance management and development system
Supply Chain Management (SCM) system
40% of the lecturers are un- or under-qualified
Inadequate funding:
Payment of salaries for lecturers
Lack of appropriate CET College institutional infrastructure
Standardisation of the lecturer conditions of service
Inadequate learning and teaching material
Unaffordable time on teaching and learning for lecturers and students

29. Challenges in the CET College System
f) CET College system poor performance/value for money
g) Lack of diversity of programme offerings/lack of responsiveness
h) Lack of human resources at college, region (CET) and national (Programme 6) to support the CET system
i) Lack of capacity to manage and administer CET examination
j) Rolling out the GETCA and the NASCA
4. Outstanding GETC certificates

30. Human Resource Management
Audit findings of the Auditor-General pertaining to compensation of employees compliance matters, include:
Employees without approval to perform additional remunerative work
Personnel files transferred from PDEs and Colleges were empty or with incomplete documentation
Pay progression paid without supporting documentation

31. Plans for the Future
Ministerial Task Team on the development of the Plan for the Implementation of the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training
There is a Task Team on CET to feed into the National Plan for WP-PSET implementation
The CET task team will advise on the implementation in respect of the following:
CET Vision
Purpose and scope
Programmes and Qualifications
Funding and Costing Models
Governance and management
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Partnership and coordination
Any other area the Task Team deems necessary

32. Thank You