1. e-Skilling South Africa e-Skilling South Africa for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness
Presentation to be made to the Portfolio Committee for Telecommunications and Postal Services
14 September 2016

2. Presentation Outline Overview
1. Developments on Integration of Nemisa, ISSA and eSI into iNeSI
2. Situation Analysis
Performance environment
Organisational environment
3. Strategic Objectives
Strategic goals
Programmes of the institute
4. Annual Performance Plans
MTEF Allocation
Key achievements

3. Developments on Integration of NEMISA, ISSA and eSI into iNeSi
The iNeSI will be an integration of the three ICT skills development related components at DTPS, namely; NEMISA; the e-Skills Institute (e-SI)- a branch within the Department and the Institute for Space and Software Applications (ISSA)- a directorate in the Department which is intended to address the e-skills challenges;
A Task Team, comprising of DTPS, DHET and NEMISA officials has been established by the Directors-General of the two Departments;
Consultation with DHET to solicit its support and the approval of the establishment of iNeSI;
The Task Team recommended that iNeSI has to be aligned to DHET mandate and legislation;
In aligning the iNeSI model with DHET legislation and prescripts it was agreed that iNeSI will not provide higher education programmes;
The revised iNeSI Model has been accepted in principle by the two Departments;
Whilst the process of the establishing iNeSI as a legal entity is still not yet finalised, the e-Skills capacity building and rollout in the country is currently done by the CoLabs located in various Universities that had partnered with NEMISA

4. Vision, Mission Mandate
Affordability
IS/KE Technologies Access
e-skills
USAASA
SENTECH
ICASA
.zadna
SABC
HRDSSA
Post Office
Content
SA Connect
National Development Plan
National ICT Policy
Mandate: to promote e-skills human capacity in South Africa.
Vision: e-skilling the nation
Mission: To provide a national integrated e-competence development management system towards sustainable social economic development in South Africa.
Responds directly to:
SA Connect (Broadband Policy)
National ICT Policy
Human Resource Development Strategy of SA (HRDSSA)
National Development Plan
SA’s Global e-Readiness Ranking 4

5. e-Skills as a key component for e-readiness
Situation Analysis
e-Skills as a key component for e-readiness
Jobs can be created at a variety of skills levels (from call centres to development of highly sophisticated software and electronic devices)

6. Strategic Outcome Oriented Goals
Strategic Objectives
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goals
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 1:
To manage an Institute that will be responsive to the needs and demands of a knowledge and learning organisation
Goal Statement
Ensure internal business excellence
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 2:
Formalised multi-stakeholder collaborative networks for e-competence development
Build a network of partnerships to stretch and combine resources to accomplish projects and objectives of mutual interest and benefit
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 3:
Develop e-Astuteness for socio-economic opportunities in a knowledge driven-economy
Ensuring ICT education and training expertise, infrastructure and courses to deliver the requisite e-competence development that the society and economy need
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 4:
Create knowledge for innovation
Provide a focus for continuous research and innovation in a trans-disciplinary manner to concentrate on new ways to embed ICT into people’s lives for socio-economic benefit
Strategic Outcome Oriented Goal 5:
Ensure an effectual aggregation framework for e-competence development
Provide strategic direction for e-competence development and a monitoring and evaluation framework to measure impacts 6

7. Programmes of the Institute

8. Decentralised Delivery Model for e-skills8 8

9. Annual Performance Plan PROGRAMME 1No
Performance Indicator
Reporting Period
Annual Target 2016/17
Quarterly Targets
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
1.1
Corporate governance
1.1.1
Number of Quarterly performance Reports
Quarterly 4
4th quarter performance Report developed and submitted
1st quarter Performance Report developed and submitted
2nd quarter Performance Report developed and submitted
3rd quarter Performance Report developed and submitted
1.2
Business process support
1.2.1
Organisation structure review Report
Annually
Draft revised organizational structure developed
Consultation with DHET on iNesi model undertaken
Consultation with DHET on iNesi model concluded
Service provider for structure review appointed-
Draft organizational structure developed
1.2.2
Number of change management framework in place -
Draft Change management framework developed

10. PROGRAMME 2

11. PROGRAMME 3

12. Performance Indicator
PROGRAMME 4 No
Performance Indicator
Reporting Period
Annual Target 2016/17
Quarterly Targets
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
4.1
Research programmes
4.1.2
Number of non degree research and post graduate research funded
Annually 8
Initiate consultation with Colabs on research areas to be conducted
Agreement with the Colabs on research areas to be conducted -
Report on 8 Non-degree and Post-graduate Research conducted
4.1.3
Number of national eSkills/ ICT environmental scans conducted 1
Appointment of a service provider to do the an environmental scan
Environmental scan conducted
4.2
Knowledge assimilation / production (e-products, e.g. mobile applications, documentaries)
4.2.1
Number of Scholar/Researcher exchanged (n)
Research Publication
Completion of Masters thesis
4.2.2
New products developed (n) 6
Identify ICT products to be developed
Provide report on ICT identified products developed
6 ICT identified products developed
4.3
Knowledge transfer
4.3.1
Number of research colloquium hosted in eSkills/ ICT
Identify CoLab to convene an ICT colloquium
Convene an ICT research colloquium
4.3.2
Number of research papers in eSkills/ ICT delivered / presented 5
Identify research papers to be delivered
Report on research papers delivered
Final report on 5 research papers delivered
4.3.3
Number of eSkills/ ICT thought leaders engagements
Final Report on thought leader engagements

13. Performance Indicator
PROGRAMME 5 No
Performance Indicator
Reporting Period
Annual Target 2016/17
Quarterly Targets
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5.1
Strategic guiding documents (frameworks, models, policies, scenarios, strategies, plans)
5.1.1
Number of new strategic guiding documents development reports provided (e.g. e-competency framework, aggregation framework, etc)
Annually 1
Identify CoLab to develop the new strategic guiding document
Provide report on identified Colab to develop strategic guiding document -
Strategic guiding document completed
5.2
Impact Measurement
5.2.1
National e-skills summit hosted (n)
Identify the CoLab to host the summit
Embark on preparations to convene summit
Host e-skills Summit

14. MTEF allocation
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
Establishment of the new entity iNeSI: Stimulation of Demand for e-skills through e-readiness programmes (Additional Allocation)
40,000
42,000
44,436
NEMISA (Existing Baseline)
37,200
43,785
41,889
Net (New Baseline) - NEMISA
77,200
85,785
86,325

15. Learner Management System (Portal) VUT CoLab (Northern Cape)
NC/SG CoLab had a need for a centralized registration and student management system due to: * High number of learners to be registered * Broad area (whole SA) to be covered and training accessible to all * Full investigation was done, comparisons with existing systems, specs defined CURRENT PORTAL FUNCTIONALITIES Portal at this stage allows for: * registration of learner on portal * Access to the e-literacy software as prescribed by the CoLab * Internet access compulsory Still to be done: * Security to the systems needs to be upgraded * SMS functionalities to be added (eg password reset) * Payment portal development to be added

16. Training in Rural areas without internet access
NC / SG CoLab is doing training at several centres without internet access. How is this done? * E-literacy software is locally installed in a network environment * Assessments also done locally * Centre include: Pofadder, Karstens, Nababeep, Upington, De Aar * Learners only registered online if and when internet access is available
(mostly done by the facilitator at this stage)

17. E-Health Patient Management System Limpopo CoLab Why there is a need?
NDP gives Health priority
Rural Clinics are left out.
Major contributor to e-Readiness decline.
Rural Clinics are receptive to the use of technology

18. Journey Towards a Solution
UL’s Medical Science Research
Findings from studying local clinics around UL
Capricorn District Management Health Care
Business Impression
Search for a Patient Management System
The Need for a Patient Management System
What is it going to achieve
Provides rural clinics with an automated way of managing their practice.
Patient centered solution,
More accurate patient records,
Shorter queueing time,
Big Data analysis (integration with DHIS).
Research

19. What has been accomplished?
Extensive consultation with Capricon District Health workers,
Building an Open Source PMS,
The Limpopo CoLab has been working to modify and implement the open MRS/Bahmni patient management system;
Obtained approval for implementation,
All Health works in the Capricorn district have been trained on the user of ICTs since Nov 2014,
Next step is to finalize the infrastructure to implement in four clinics.
Once modification is complete the patient management system will be installed in first 1 and then 3 other clinics in the area;
The CSIR’s Meraka Institute will consider adding this system to the list of Approved Patient Management Systems for deployment in South Africa once it is installed and working in a clinic;
Our understanding is that this will be the only open-source patient management system on this list.