Mr Enver Surty

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Enver Surty

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations and finalisation
    6 Mar 2019

    The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) appeared before the Select Committee on Education and Recreation to give responses to written submissions from external organizations pertaining to the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Amendment Bill. These organizations include Universities of South Africa (USAf), the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants ...

  • NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture 2018 Matric Results: DBE & Umalusi briefing, with Deputy Minister
    13 Feb 2019

    The Committee was first briefed by the Department of Education on the 2018 matric results. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.

    The Deputy Minister said that no-fees schools have performed extremely well and there has been notable improvement in the subjects of Mathematics and Physical Science. There are challenges which ...

  • Basic Education NSC Examination Outcomes 2018; State of School Readiness 2019; with Deputy Minister present
    12 Feb 2019

    The Committee was first briefed by the Department of Basic Education on the State of School Readiness for 2019. The Deputy Minister led the presentation and said the main challenges are migration, overcrowding, sanitation and planning. On migration, the Western Cape and Gauteng remain the biggest recipients of migrant learners. ...

  • Basic Education Department of Basic Education, Umalusi, SACE 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
    10 Oct 2018

     

    The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi),  and the South African Council of Educators (SACE) on their annual reports.

    The Deputy Minister for Education highlighted some items that ...

  • Basic Education History as a compulsory subject; Rural Education Draft Policy: with Deputy Minister
    21 Aug 2018

    The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Portfolio Committee to discuss the proposed introduction of history as a compulsory school subject, and also presented its proposals for a draft rural education policy.

    The Deputy Minister said the approach and value sought from history being taught was to create ...

  • NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture Department of Basic Education 2018/19 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
    16 May 2018

    The elimination of pit latrines at schools featured as a prominent objective when the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its annual performance plan in the National Council of Provinces. It planned to replace schools built with inappropriate materials, such as “mud schools,” through the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative ...

  • Basic Education Department of Basic Education Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    20 Mar 2018

    The Committee received a briefing on the second and third quarterly performance reports of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for 2017/18, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present.

    Major highlights included conducting and evaluating the matriculation exams, where there had been a student pass rate of 75.1%. There had ...

  • Basic Education DBE Budget: AGSA briefing; Progress in Implementation of the Action Plan to address Audit Outcomes, with Deputy Minister
    13 Mar 2018

    The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), accompanied by the Deputy Minister, and the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) to consider progress made with the action plan to address the audit outcomes and findings of the 2016/17 financial year. The AGSA presented the reviewed draft 2018/19 Annual Performance ...

  • Basic Education School infrastructure: update on ASIDI, with Deputy Minister
    6 Mar 2018

    The Department of Basic Education (DBE) was initially supposed to brief the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2nd and 3rd quarterly reports; and to provide an update on the Accelerated School’s Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI), especially in light of the negative reports. The update on ASIDI took longer ...

  • Basic Education ICT Roll-Out in Schools; School Governing Board (SGB) Elections; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    27 Feb 2018

    The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the current preparations for school governing body elections, which would take place from March 2018. The complexity of the election process was highlighted, especially with regard to uniformity across the provinces. Although the overall percentage of readiness was good, it ...