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CAPS evaluation; African Languages introduction: DBE briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Committee requested a progress report on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), even though the Department of Basic Education had not as yet done a full evaluation.
DBE explained the rationale for CAPS which was introduced progressively between 2012 and 2014. Progress has taken place in respect of ...
Basic Education
TIMSS Maths/Science Report; Schools 2017 Reopening; Vuwani progress report
21 Feb 2017
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education to discuss the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) Report, the status report on schools reopening for 2017, as well as report on progress made in Vuwani, where schooling had been disrupted by community protest actions.
The TIMMS presentation ...
Basic Education
Matric results 2016, National Strategy for Learner Achievement, 3-stream curriculum: Department Basic Education briefing, Deputy Minister present
14 Feb 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE), in the presence of the Deputy Minister, briefed the Committee on the recently released 2016 matric results, the National Strategy for Learner Achievement (NSLA), and the Three-Stream Model which is geared towards the provision of learners with alternative pathways for professional development of skills. ...
Basic Education
Committee reports
7 Dec 2016
The Portfolio Committee met to consider outstanding draft minutes of meetings, draft Reports on oversight visits to Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces as well as draft strategic plan 2015/16 -2019/20.
Members noted that the Committee had received the outstanding report on quality learning and teaching campaign and questioned how the problem ...
Basic Education
“Jobs for Cash” Report: responses by stakeholders
30 Nov 2016
The stakeholders in the Basic Education sector gave their responses to the “Selling of Posts” Ministerial Task Team (MTT) Report and to its methodology and the recommendations contained in it. There was a general consensus that the Report was flawed because of the processes which were followed to conduct the ...
Basic Education
School Readiness for 2017
29 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education presented their school readiness monitoring report for 2017. The presentation focused on Admissions and Registrations; School Management Planning; Teacher Provisioning; Learning and Teaching Resources; and Basic Infrastructure. DBE reported that over the past five years it has made significant progress in streamlining admissions, with the ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education on its 2 Quarter 2015/16 performance; Mathematics Paper 2 leak
8 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its 2016/17 Quarter 2 report, it spoke of areas that were of challenge and highlighted the need to strengthen these before the end of the financial year. The Director General updated the Committee about the leak of the 2016 Mathematics National Senior Certificate ...
Basic Education
Improving Initial Teacher Education: DBE & DHET input; Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD)
1 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) made a joint presentation on the Implementation of Measures to Improve Initial Teacher Education Programmes and Continuing Professional Teacher Development. There are four key outputs of the Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for teacher education and ...
Basic Education
National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) & Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC): progress reports
25 Oct 2016
The National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) presented on its work for the past five years (2012-2016) and its plan for the next five years (2017–2021). NEEDU is completing its first five-year cycle of systemic evaluations identifying, on a system-wide basis at school, district and provincial levels, the factors ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2016
The Committee met to consider the Budgetary Review Recommendations Report for the Department of Basic Education. Some members at the outset of the meeting expressed their disappointment that they had only received report the previous day or in some instances just about two days before the scheduled meeting to consider ...