Basic Education
Umalusi 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
19 May 2020
Audio: Umalusi 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Council for Quality Assurance and Training (Umalusi) presented its annual performance plan, strategic plan and budget, and told the committees it was continuing to engage the DBE on strategies to respond ...
Basic Education
South African Council of Educators (SACE) 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
12 May 2020
Video: PC on Basic Education and SC on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, 12 May 2020
Audio: South African Council of Educators (SACE) 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Committees resolved to consider the adoption of the Department of ...
Basic Education
COVID-19 Update & DBE 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; with Ministry
5 May 2020
Audio: Department of Basic Education 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
A joint virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee and the Select Committee on Education were briefed on how the Department of Basic Education would spend its 2020/21 budget and the ...
Basic Education
Schooling during COVID-19 Lockdown: update with Deputy Minister
28 Apr 2020
Video: Joint Meeting:PC on Basic Education and SE on Education & Sports, Arts & Culture 29 April 2020
Audio: Status of Schooling during COVID-19 Lockdown: Department briefing
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, and the Select ...
Basic Education
ICT Roll-Out: Department of Basic Education briefing; Coronavirus measures
17 Mar 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the progress being made with the roll-out of information communication technology (ICT) in the basic education sector, and was told the timeline for the implementation of the programme was between 2019 and 2024.
At the core of the ...
Basic Education
ECD migration from DSD to DBE; Tracking progress in ECD service delivery: NGO briefing
3 Mar 2020
The joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Basic Education and Social Development heard a progress report from the Departments of Basic Education (DBE) and Social Development (DSD) on the migration of Early Childhood Development (ECD) from DSD to DBE.
All parties acknowledged the importance of ECD as the starting ...
Basic Education
DBE 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Impact of SONA; with Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on the significance of the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and recommended that it consider the impact of the government’s priorities on the South African education sector over the next five years. There had been a lot of continuity ...
Basic Education
DBE response to SAHRC on Inclusive Education, Persons with Disabilities, Mental Health: with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) gave a status report on processing the recommendations of the two 2019 SAHRC Reports. One of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) recommendations in its Special Schools report was that DBE must produce a report showing what has been done to demonstrate its ...
Basic Education
Griqua People’s Heritage submission: Representative of Griqua People’s Heritage & NC Department of Education; DBE briefing: 2020 school readiness
26 Nov 2019
The Committee received a petition from a Griqua community in the Northern Cape, which had been submitted to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), requesting that a new school be built on the Gong-Gong farm. A community representative highlighted the plight of the people of Gong-Gong, and said there had ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance
19 Nov 2019
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented a report on its performance for the second quarter of the 2019/20 financial year, and the overall feedback from the Committee was positive.
The Department provided details of progress with its five programmes, and highlighted some challenges. It had implemented consequence management for ...