1. Presentation on the Annual Report and POA
Department of Education

2. Structure of the Presentation
Annual report
Achievements
Challenges
Expenditure
Plan of Action for 2002
Government and DoE Priorities
Priority Projects

3. Achievements Programme 1: HIV/AIDS Focus: Achievements
Awareness, information and advocacy
HIV/AIDS in school curriculum
Planning for the impact of HIV/AIDS in the education system
Achievements
An accessible version of the policy developed
1 million copies distributed in all official languages
HIV/AIDS inserted in school curriculum through life skills
HIV/AIDS impact assessment study on education sector conducted

4. Achievements cont
Programme 2: School effectiveness and educator professionalism
Focus
Improve teaching and learning in schools
Achievements
Strengthening of SGBs and management
Reduction in vacant posts
Upgrading of unqualified educators
1305 Maths and Science teachers trained
Programme focusing on farm and rural schools initiated
Booklets on Safe Schools and alternatives to corporal punishment distributed as part of School Safety initiatives

5. Achievements cont. Programme 3: Fight against illiteracy Focus
Setting up of SANLI
Mobilisation of volunteers
Setting up local literacy units
Establishing a learner data base
Development of training programmes
Achievements
Setting up SANLI and launch of Masifunde Sonke campaign

6. Achievements cont. Programme 4: FET and HE Focus Achievements
Restructuring of the FET and the HE systems
Capacity Building
Quality enhancement
Private education institutions
Achievements
9% improvement in the Senior Certificate results
Transformation Framework for FET adopted
Review of curriculum in FET
Release of National Plan for HE
Increased admission of large numbers through NSFAS

7. Achievements cont
Programme 5: Organizational effectiveness of national and provincial systems
Focus
Make provincial systems work by making co-operative governance: Integrated planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Organisational Restructuring and system development and co-ordination
Achievements
Active assistance provided to provinces by national
Integration of provincial/national programmes facilitated through CEM and HEDCOM
Delivery of LSM and increase in budget to R920.2 mil
Enhanced liaison with provincial departments and the public also enhanced
Indicators for periodic monitoring agreed upon

8. Other achievements Educator:learner ratio reduced to 1:34
Decreasing the number of schools without proper access to facilities like water and sanitation, telephones etc
establishing a Values in education Initiative
Increased learner enrolment in schools
Significant improvement towards achieving equity in the schooling system through The national Norms and Standards for School Funding

9. Challenges Capacity Policy and Legislation Equity Quality
Project Management
Human Resources (National, Province and HE)
Policy and Legislation
Equity
Quality
Co-operative Governance

10. Expenditure

11. Plan of Action 2002/2004 Context of Development of Plans
Government Priorities
State of the Nation Address
Cabinet Lekgotla and Cluster Priorities
HRD strategy
DoE priorities
Tirisano

12. Government Priorities
Overriding Theme: Eradication of poverty and prioritising the poor
No children under trees
ISRDP and Urban Renewal
ICT HE
HIV/AIDS
Development of Human resources (Literacy, ECD and Further Education and Training)

13. DoE priorities Tirisano HIV/AIDS
School effectiveness and educator professionalism
Fight against illiteracy
FET and HE
Organisation effectiveness of national and provincial institutions

14. Specific Programmes Physical planning and School Infrastructure FET HE
Curriculum 2005
School Effectiveness
Literacy
Teacher development
Legislation

15. Physical Planning and School Infrastructure
To Ensure that there are no children learning under trees, in open spaces or in unacceptable structures
Database on location of these schools
Prioritisation of the schools for infrastructure provision
Setting of performance targets for provinces by Minister
Monitoring of progress and reporting to President

16. Physical Planning cont
Pilot and implement the development of 27 multi-functional schools in poverty stricken rural areas
To accelerate the delivery of water and sanitation to schools without these services and upgrade and repair inadequate and/or broken systems

17. Further Education and Training
To build an effective, responsive and efficient FET system that enhances the life-chances of all SA
Continued improvement of senior certificate results
Targeted interventions for priority areas
102 schools for MST project
1020 students register for math and science in HG
ICT implementation plan accepted and implemented
Piloting a 0860 dial-up facility for schools
Connectivity to 42 MST schools
Connectivity to 100 primary schools for administration

18. FET cont. Registration of private colleges
Assistance given to National Forum for Learning Improvement
Registration of private colleges
Mergers and declaration procedures finalised
5% learner intake through RPL at all FET Colleges

19. Higher Education
Implementation of the National Plan for Higher Education
Registration of private higher education institutions
Improvement of annual reporting by HE institutions
Review of the efficiency of the NSFAS
Management of overseas scholarship opportunities

20. Curriculum 2005
Declaration of National Curriculum statements as policy
First phase of overarching framework implementation plan by 2003
Improvements the quality and supply of learning support materials (LSM)
Support the implementation of the Language in Education policy

21. ECD 4 500 ECD sites registered for subsidy 25 providers accredited
150 District officials trained and registered with SACE
4 500 kits delivered for sites
NCS for Grade R

22. HIV/ AIDS Improving the life skills Education programmes
500 Master Trainers to be trained
500 Lay counselors to be trained
Life skills materials developed
5 600 secondary teachers trained in sexuality education
100 officials trained to manage HIV/AIDS
Materials for the visually impaired learners developed
Home /Community based care
Appraisal of home-based care projects and expansion of home-based care sites

23. HIV/AIDS cont Training of care givers
Strengthening of programmes for SGBs and parents
Encourage VCT for teachers and adult students
Develop materials for teachers on dealing with HIV/AIDS in schools

24. School effectiveness
Assisting schools in nodal areas to develop school safety plans
1350 Math and Science teachers from intermediate and senior phase targeted for upgrading towards an ACE/NPDE qualification
Providing training for all SMTs on co-operative discipline in schools
Assisting provinces in filling all vacant principal positions
Mobilise communities to volunteer
1250 schools, previously without resources are provided with resources

25. School Effectiveness cont
2 074 district officials, School Management Teams and grades 5 and 9 teachers in nodal areas trained on curriculum
Setting up of a toll free number for public to report incidents of child abuse
Drive to hold system accountable to use instruments available to deal with child abuse

26. Literacy
Increase mobilisation of volunteers for the drive to reduce illiteracy
To develop training and support programmes for
volunteer education
Increase the participation of learners and civil society in the delivery of programmes
Implement the ABET Act

27. Teacher Development
Develop a policy framework for educator development and support
Develop a five year implementation plan to support the policy

28. Legislation Implications of the decisions on Court Cases
New legislation

29. Conclusion Report indicated significant progress
Lessons dawn from challenges have informed new plans