Labour Education Training and Development Practices Sector Education

Labour Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education Training Authority Ms. Nombulelo Nxesi: Chief Executive Officer September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 1

Progress Report NSDS Labour Target Actual 110 SDFs Trained • 102 SDFs Trained and 1443 ETD 8 underachievement 800 learners enter Skills Programmes • 1234 entered and 285 434 overachievement 2500 assisted to enter learning programmes • 2329 unemployed entered learning programmes 171 underachievement 200 non-levy paying enterprises are supported through the Voucher System • 153 enterprises and are being 47 underachievement 64 new constituent provider accredited • 79 providers accredited 15 overachievement 120 providers supported 150 learning programmes evaluated • 236 providers were supported 116 overachievement • 236 programmes were 86 overachievement 500 primary focus assessors are registered September 2006 Variance Specialist participated in capacity building. completed. supported by Voucher System and 407 learners participated. evaluated • 1063 assessors were registered SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 563 overachievement 2

Other SETA achievements Labour • The opening of three Provincial Offices during November 2005 in KZN, LP • • • and EC. The awarding of 85 bursaries to unemployed learners during the official launches of the provincial offices. This translates to 23 EC, 34 LP and 28 KZN. Coordination of a provincial meeting in the EC where in the Premier interacted with all SETAs and all government departments around the provincial growth and development strategy for alignment. Conducting nation-wide capacity building workshops where 1443 individuals participated in communication of the new NSDS targets and reinforcement of the importance of prioritisation and participation in skills development. Provider development workshops were conducted across the country and 232 potential providers attended. These workshops resulted in 140 new accredited providers. Six new qualifications were allocated to the SETA, which include the National Diploma for partially sighted persons, National Diploma for Braille practice, Advanced Certificate in School Management and Leadership. September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 3

Progress Report on Provinces: Skills Programmes Labour GP MP LP NW FS NC WC EC KZN 403 20 51 72 56 35 133 99 365 September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 4

Progress Report Provinces: Learnerships Labour GP MP LP NW FS NC WC EC KZN 232 243 198 243 384 164 100 307 458 September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 5

SETA Provincial Forum participation Labour • The SETA has historically participated in provincial training • • • committees of the Departments of Education and other constituent members such as Higher Education structures and Further Education and Training structures. These are part of the medium and large organisations in the ETD sector. The SETA opened provincial offices in three provinces during November ’ 05. These provinces include KZN, LP and EC. These provinces are actively participating in the PSDFs. Invitations have been extended to the SETA to participate in the provinces where no physical offices exist. These provinces include NW, FS and NC. The SETA is making plans for the participation in these structures in the remaining provinces which include WC, GP and MP. September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 6

PSDF Comments September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises Labour 7

PSDF Comments (cont. ) Labour • Currently there are minimal linkages between the SETA • • • SSP and the provincial skills development priorities. Most of the Skills Development Forums only highlight ECD and ABET to an extent, but the priorities are more in the technical fields such as engineering, construction, tourism etc. Unaccredited providers are being used for the delivery of learning programmes in the provinces. To improve quality, accredited providers could be utilised to do the training. All parties should be involved during the planning to align individual SETA priorities. September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 8

Labour Progress Report Unemployed Learners G P M LP N FS N P W C E C K Z N 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 4 25 43 98 43 84 64 00 07 58 September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 9

Progress Report FETs Labour Activities with FET Colleges Name of College Comments Programme Design and Evaluation Penryn (MP) Coastal FET (KZN) Kingsbury International College (MP) Umnambithi College (KZN) North Link (WC) FETs are accredited by UMALUSI and can only request for programme evaluation through the SETA. Provider Capacity Building workshops College of Cape Town (WC) and King Hintsa (EC) North Link (WC) and Port Elizabeth (EC) South Cape (WC) and Lovedale (EC) Buffalo City (EC) and Ikhala (EC) King Sabata Dalindyebo (EC) and Mthashanga (KZN) Sayidi (KZN) and Umfolozi (KZN) Umnambithi (KZN) These capacity building workshops include: • Support for programme design and evaluation • How to upload learners on the SETA system after completion of skills programmes or learnerships within our primary focus. • Dissemination of information on the NSDS II targets and SETA strategies. SDF Training Buffalo City College (EC) Lovedale College (EC) PE FET College (EC) The training was to ensure they acquire the professional qualification to equip them to be more effective and efficient in fulfilling their roles. September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 10

Progress Report FETs (cont. ) Labour Activities with FET Colleges Name of College Comments Skills Programmes Ekurhuleni East College (GP) Mobeni College (KZN) Northlink College (WC) The programmes implemented were assessor and moderator training for staff members. Service Providers to member organisations for the implementation of learnerships Khatha College (NC) The College is participating in the delivery of the ECD learnership September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 11

Future Plans for Organisation September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises Labour 12

PSDF Future plans (cont. ) FETs Labour To include the provincial PGDS’s in the SETA planning process to align the annual SETA business plans. Dissemination of all the research results on the sectors scarce and critical skills for planning for 2007/8. To actively participate in the PSDFs in all the nine provinces. Capacity building of FETs in accreditation and learning programme evaluation processes. To motivate for the participation of Further Education and Higher Education structures in the PSDF structure. Establishing partnerships and workplace agreements for learner placements in scarce and critical in the sector. The facilitation of a meeting with the Premier’s office, all the SETAs and all the provincial government department to align the provincial skills development strategy. Recruiting learners from the FETs to participate in the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Occupationally Directed Education and Training Development learnerships. Bursaries and Internships will be made available to FETs in the areas of scarce and critical skills. One or two of the FETs will be used for a Centre of excellent September 2006 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises 13