In relation to administration and management support, the NSA secretariat is responsible for supporting the work of the entity's committees and managing day-to-day operations. In strengthening the NSA, the entity agreed with the Department to have a dedicated allocation for the use of NSA activities and the new NSA board is scheduled for orientation and capacity building workshop in November 2014. The urgent focus areas of the NSA include; SETA panel review process, appointment of SETA Council members and dealing with recommendations of the White Paper on Post-School Education and Training on NSA.