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Basic Education
SACE 2016/17 Annual Report; Gauteng Oversight Recommendations: Department progress report
5 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Gauteng Provincial Government to discuss the responses to resolutions that came about after the Portfolio Committee conducted its oversight visit to Ekurhuleni North, Ekurhuleni South and Tshwane North Education Districts in Gauteng. It also met with the South African Council for ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education convened on the 4 October 2017 with the Department of Basic Education for a briefing on the Department’s Annual Performance in Meeting its Strategic Objectives for 2016/17.
The Department of Basic Education’s financial statements were presented. In the 2016/17 financial year, ...
Basic Education
ASIDI & Conditional Grant expenditure; Department of Basic Education, Umalusi, SACE: Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met with the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC) to discuss expenditure patterns in respect of infrastructure and conditional grants and to discuss equity in education including budget allocations in schools. The Commission’s focus was primarily on the equitable division of nationally ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
13 Sep 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) met with the Committee to report on its performance in meeting its strategic objectives during the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year. The Department provided a comprehensive breakdown of its five programmes, and details of the achievements and challenges during the period under ...
Basic Education
Implementation of International Agreements: Department of Basic Education briefing
5 Sep 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to discuss progress on the implementation of bilateral international agreements and multilateral engagements. After the DBE had provided details of the various countries and programmes involved, Members raised a wide range of questions.
They wanted to know what kind ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Basic Education on Quarter 4 performance: with the Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on their fourth quarter performance.
The Deputy Minister said the Department depended largely on the ability of the provinces to implement tasks and they have worked closely with them to execute these tasks. Urbanisation has created unevenness in ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Quarter 4 performance
22 Aug 2017
The Committee met with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to discuss the fourth quarterly report on its performance in meeting its strategic objectives. The Department provided a comprehensive breakdown of its five programmes, and details of the achievements and challenges during the period under review.
During discussion, Members commented ...
Basic Education
Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL); History as a Compulsory Subject; Jobs for Cash, Protests; with Minister
27 Jun 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the implementation of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) and the introduction of History as a compulsory subject.
The DBE Director-General said that 27% of public schools nationally are implementing the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) in Grades ...
Basic Education
Committee Reports
20 Jun 2017
Apologies were received from the Minister, Ms Angie Motshekga.
The Committee adopted outstanding minutes of meetings as well as Reports prepared after oversight visits. All minutes and Reports were adopted, some with minor amendments. There was discussion on the absence of the Minister in the meeting; and also, discussion on ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Committee Report on KZN oversight visit
31 May 2017
The Committee heard the Department of Labour’s response on the Status Reports regarding the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal.
According to the Executive Summary, a total of 13 employers were visited and all were found to be non-compliant with the provisions of the labour laws outlined in the presentation. All inspections ...