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Basic Education
BELA Bill: deliberations; motion of desirability
17 Aug 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education concluded its deliberations on the Basic Education Law Amendment Bill (BELA).
Members commenced with their deliberations the previous day; this was after engaging in an extensive public participation process which saw Members travelling to all nine provinces to hold ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
16 Aug 2023
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor advised the Committee on the process for making amendments to sections of the South African Schools Act (SASA) that were not included in the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill such as to sections 16 and 16A dealing with functions and responsibilities ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: national hearings report; financial implications; deliberations
15 Aug 2023
Tracking the BELA Bill
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Report on the National Public Hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. The DA and ACDP requested the inclusion of briefings on the constitutional muster of the BELA Bill by Parliament's Constitutional and Legal ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: National Public Hearings Report; with Deputy Minister
8 Aug 2023
The Committee proposed that the consideration and adoption of the National Public Hearings Report on the Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA) Bill be postponed as the Committee had received the report late. Other Committee members suggested that the report be presented and clarity-seeking questions. Then consideration and adoption of ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Northern & Eastern Cape Public Hearings Reports
1 Aug 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the two Provincial Public Hearings Reports on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill).
In the Northern Cape Province, the public participation comments were summarized and presented by the Committee Content Advisor. Held across three municipalities from 2 to ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Provincial Public Hearings Report – Western Cape
27 Jun 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education considered and adopted its report on the Western Cape public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
After the July 2023 recess, the Committee Reports on Northern Cape and Eastern Cape public hearings would be considered. Thereafter, the Committee will consider ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
State of governance in higher education institutions: focus on UCT, UNISA, Fort Hare, UKZN (with Minister present)
14 Jun 2023
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) gave a status report on governance in higher education institutions (HEIs) including a special focus on the University of Cape Town Council (UCT) investigation report into governance and management challenges; University of South Africa (UNISA) implementation of the Ministerial Task Team and ...
Basic Education
BELA Bill: Provincial Public hearings reports - Limpopo, North West & Free State
7 Jun 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education considered and adopted draft reports on public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in three provinces - Limpopo, North West and the Free State. Changes to the Free State and North West reports were proposed before they were ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Overview of the state of governance in the TVET sector; Northlink TVET College and Letaba TVET College on governance, administration and related matters
7 Jun 2023
The Committee received a report from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) regarding the state of governance in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges in the country. The Department informed the Committee that there are 50 TVET colleges in the country and 48 were run by councils ...
Basic Education
Comprehensive Progress Report on ECD Function Shift: DBE briefing; with Deputy Minister
6 Jun 2023
The Portfolio Committee received a comprehensive progress report from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the shift of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function to the DBE from the Department of Social Development (DSD).
The Committee heard that 1.3 million children aged between three and five were not ...