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Capacity building of STEM educators: DBE briefing; with Minister & Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met on a virtual platform. It was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the capacity building of South African educators for learners' improvement in maths, science and technology.
The Department of Education’s presentation covered the pass rates in science, technology, ...
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Impact of SONA on Basic Education Sector; BELA Bill: Update on processing of submissions & public hearings preparation, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2023
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President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education briefed the Committee of Basic Education on the analysis, implications and impact of the President's SONA 2023. The Department reported that the SONA 2023 placed particular emphasis ...
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2023 School-Readiness: DBE briefing
7 Feb 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented the 2023 state-of-school readiness.
It told the Committee it had continued to conduct school readiness monitoring (SRM) to provide support to schools. The objective of the SRM was to identify any challenges that may impact effective teaching and ...
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2022 NSC Examination: DBE & Umalusi briefing, with Minister
24 Jan 2023
The Committee met with officials from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Umalusi to receive a report on the results of the Class of 2022 in the November 2022 examinations. Members congratulated the Department on the 81.3% pass rate, representing a 3% increase from the previous year. This ...
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Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: Status Report; International Study Tour
6 Dec 2022
The Committee received a briefing from the Committee Content Advisor on the progress with the BELA Bill. The purpose of the presentation was to provide a brief summary on progress update in the processing of the public submissions of the BELA Bill, to provide an update on the processed ...
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Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
29 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education continued with round four of oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA). Six organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters from the Gauteng ...
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Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
22 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education continued with round three of oral hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA). Eight organisations and stakeholders presented oral submissions to the Committee. This included presenters from the Governing ...
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Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
8 Nov 2022
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BELA Bill: Updated status, Basic Education BRRR
1 Nov 2022
The Committee received a progress update from the administrative team responsible for collecting comments from the public on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Committee's content advisor reported that they had so far received 18 000 submissions, but due to a shortage of manpower had processed only ...
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2022 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
Reporting to the Committee on the readiness for the 2022 Matric exams, the Department of Basic Education said that the Class of 2022 is the largest cohort to date. It is the class that has been most severely negatively affected by learning deficiencies ...