1. HRD PRESENTATION TO
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
3 SEPTEMBER 2002

2. APARTHEID LEGACY Poor schooling – “bantu education” leading to
adult illiteracy. No ECD provision.
2. Poor quality education and training providers
in general with islands of excellence for the
few
Low level of commitment to training by
employers and poor alignment of training
to business and service goals
Research and Development served the needs
of the few
Overall education and training served the
interest of apartheid

3. Background
HRD Strategy was adopted by Cabinet at its Lekgotla in January 2001
HRD Strategy was launched in April 2001 by the Ministers of Education and Labour
The adopted HRD Strategy is not based on manpower planning – but on an integrated approach to
building the base of high quality general education for all,
growing the future through research and development and
improving the interface between the demand for and supply of productive skills for social development and economic and employment growth.
It has five longer-range Strategic Objectives and eight one year priorities.

4. VISION
A nation at work for a
better life for all

5. MISSION To maximize the potential of the
people of South Africa, through
the acquisition of knowledge and
skills, to work productively and
competitively in order to achieve
a rising quality of life for all, and
to set in place an operational plan,
together with the necessary
institutional arrangements, to
achieve this.

6. OVERALL OBJECTIVES To improve SA’s Human Development Index
- to ensure “a rising quality of life”
To reduce disparities in wealth and poverty
and develop a more inclusive society
– “for all”
To improve international confidence and
investor perceptions of the economy
- “A nation at work”

7. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Improving the foundations for human development
Improving the supply of high-quality skills which
are more responsive to societal and economic need
Increasing employer participation in lifelong learning
Supporting employment growth through industrial
policies, innovation, research and development
Ensuring that the four strategic objectives of the
HRD strategy are linked

8. SA’s INTEGRATED HRD STRATEGY IS BASED ON FIVE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
GROWING THE FUTURE
National capacity for Innovation, Research and Development 4 5 3 2
HRD STRATEGY
Enhancing the linkages between the other four strategic objectives
DEMAND SIDE
Increasing employer participation in lifelong learning
SUPPLY SIDE
Improving the supply of high-quality skills 1
BUILDING THE BASE
“Improving the foundations for human development”

9. TARGET AREAS
Each objective is broken into
measurable target areas

10. So HRD STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES HAVE SUB-THEMES TO ADDRESS KEY CHALLENGES:
Adult Basic Education & Training
Schooling
Access, Pass rates, M&Sc
Early Childhood Development
HRD
Joint initiatives to enhance interface between supply and demand
Increase Scarce Skills
Participation in FE and HE institutions
Placement of graduates
More public & private employer participation
Skills development in SMMEs
Skills development in social development
R&D
expenditure
Science-industry
partnership
Growth
Sectors supported

11. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 Target 2002/3 Target 2004/5 Target 2014/5
Target Area
Early Childhood
development
ECD places
ECD places
800 00
Places by
2010
50 000
learners
for level 4
Adult basic
Education and
training
63% workers
ABET level 4
NQF level 1
70% workers
ABET level 4
NQF level 1
80% workers
ABET level 4
NQF level 1
1 million
no longer
functionally
illiterate
2.5 million
no longer
functionally
illiterate
6.5 million
no longer
functionally
illiterate
Literacy
Reduced repetition rate
Universal
General
education
Improved pass rates
60 % pass rate
70 % pass rate
90 % pass rate

12. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2 Target 2002/3 Target 2004/5 Target 2014/5
Target Area
500 new
bursaries
March 2003
500 new
Bursaries -
If funds
500 new
Bursaries-
If funds
Increase supply
of scarce skills
Immigration Act
FET:
Increase
Student no’s
By 0.5% p.a.
FET:
Increase
Student no’s
By 0.5% p.a.
FET:
Increase
Student no’s
By 0.5% p.a.
Increased
participation in
FET and HET
institutions
Increase in
20 – 24 yr
olds in HE
institutions
Increase in
20 – 24 yr
olds in HE
institutions
Increase in
20 – 24 yr
olds in HE
institutions
-Review NSFAS
criteria for loans
to include skills
targeting.
-Tracer studies to
track placement.
-Improved student
career guidance
Establish current
baseline and then
establish improvement
targets over time
Increased
placement of
FET and HET
graduates

13. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 Target 2002/3 Target 2004/5 Target 2014/5
Target Area
75% large firms
get WSP grant
75% large firms
get WSP grant
Increased
employer
participation in
skills development
Quality WSP’s
IIP
100/141 dept. do
WSP’s
141 depts.
do WSP
Quality WSP’s
IIP
l’ships
l’ships
l’ships
SAMDI increase
Mgt. training
SAMDI increase
Mgt. training
SAMDI increase
Mgt. training
+ ABET level 4
20% SMME SD
Grant
DTI targets
+ ABET level 4
20% SMME SD
Grant
DTI targets
Skills
Development
for SMME’s
Skills
development
for social
Target ?
SD lead to
IDP success
Target ?
SD lead to
IDP success

14. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4 Target 2002/3 Target 2004/5 Target 2014/5
Target Area
Research and
development
expenditure
Derive from new
R & D Strategy
Science-
industry
partnership
Road mapping
targets later
Identification
of economic
sectors with
significant
growth and
employment
potential
Derive from
integrated
manufacturing
strategy

15. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 5 Ensuring that the four strategic objectives
of the HRD Strategy are linked
2002/3
HRD Strategy Launched 23 April 2001
Quarterly progress reports to Cabinet
Inter-government collaboration on learnerships
and scare skills bursaries, Immigration Act.
2004/5
Social partners
Provincial and Local government
NEPAD
2014/5
Under discussion

16. INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
2002/3 HRD PRIORITIES
INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 7
SUPPLY SIDE
Too few jobs yet some skills very scarce! 5a
Scarce skills bursaries
Immigration of scarce skills 5b
DEMAND SIDE
8 HRD linkages
Up-skill existing public & SMME workforce
No-where for unemployed and school-leavers to go
3 &4 6
Learnerships with incentives for employers to provide work experience
FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1 2
ECD
ABET

17. PRIORITY AND PROGRESS AREAS FOR 2001
Targets for 2001
Progress
Building
consensus
on HRD
Strategy
Agreed by Cabinet Completed
Launch of strategy Launched April
Cabinet Review
Plans for 2002 agreed
Improving
Public Service
delivery
-PSETA functioning Launch Oct.
-Review of Departmental WSPs Completed
-Development of targeted Senior
Mgt. Programmes Completed
Scare Skills
-Immigration Bill
-Identification of scarce skills Completed
-Bursary programme started
bursaries awarded

18. PRIORITY AND PROGRESS AREAS FOR 2001
Targets for 2001
Progress
SMMEs
Policy review including SETA In Progress
Contribution
Learnerships
3 000 young people in learnerships
-Implementation of ABET Plan Completed
-Targets established by SANLI Completed
-Targets established by SETA’s Completed
for Level 1 workers in Oct.
ABET and Literacy
-Approval of policy by cabinet Completed
-Implementation of policy
ECD

19. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Key South African HRD CHALLENGES
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Need to EXPAND our capacity to Innovate and research
Too few jobs yet some
skills
very scarce!
SUPPLY SIDE
Need to INCREASE the quantity of those with quality further and higher learning
REDUCE
Graduates without jobs?
Retrenchees?
Long-term unemployed?
DEMAND SIDE
Need to INCREASE the number of employers and workers in quality lifelong learning
School leavers?
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Redress
GENERAL EDUCATION INCREASE the quality of schooling for all
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Improve and expand