1. 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

2. 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

3. 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, of all workers have at least level one qualification on the NQF
5123
- 4877
51.23%
1.2 By March 2005, a minimum of workers have embarked on structured learning programmes. 50% must have completed satisfactorily.
601297
626.35%
1.3 By March 2005, 20 Enterprises to have committed or achieved IIP status 9
- 11
45%

4. 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%

5. 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

6. 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 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 8. FINANCE
Levy Income and Expenditure

13. 8. FINANCE
Administration Income and Expenditure

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

15. 9. ACHIEVEMENTS (continued)
LEARNER STATISTICS– GENDER BREAKDOWN

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

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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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)
Fax: (011) / 7490