Basic Education
Umalusi and SACE on their Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2017
The South African Council for Educators (SACE) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP). Special attention was paid to the issue of fraudulent qualifications. SACE as an institution did not have internal capacity to be dealing with these issues and the need for ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan, Deputy Minister present
3 May 2017
The Deputy Minister of Basic Education told the Committee he anticipated that by the end of the current administration, learning and teaching would be information technology (IT) based. The biggest challenge would be connectivity. Giving an overview of his Department’s portfolio, he outlined the infrastructure initiatives, the rationalisation and merger ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education on its Annual Performance Plan; AGSA input
2 May 2017
The Chairperson opened the meeting by asking the Director General of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to brief the Committee on the unsettled situation that had taken place in Vuwani, Limpopo, and Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, where schools had been burnt down during protest action.
The DBE reported that in Vuwani, ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Committee minutes
22 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee recommended four candidates to fill the vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality. The candidates chosen for the full-time positions were Ms Nthabiseng Moleko and Mr Sediko Rakolote; and Ms Nthabiseng Mogale and Ms Tamara Mathebula were recommended for the part-time positions.
Committee Members commended the ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Committee Report on Filling of Vacancies in Commission for Gender Equality
17 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee tasked with filling vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) met for the consideration and adoption of the Committee report on the process of filling vacancies in the Chapter Nine institution.
The Content Adviser briefly browsed through the draft report and allowed Members of the ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Finalisation of Commissioners
15 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on Filling of Vacancies in the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) deliberated on the names of interviewed candidates. The Committee was initially briefed by the State Security Agency on the vetting and screening of candidates. The recording of this session was closed to the media and ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Interviews: day 2
14 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on Filling of Vacancies in the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) interviewed 9 candidates out of the 21 candidates that were shortlisted. One candidate from the 21 shortlisted candidates withdrew from the interview process.
The following 9 candidates were interviewed by the Committee:
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Interviews: day 1
13 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on Filling of Vacancies in the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) interviewed 11 out of 21 candidates that were shortlisted.
The following 11 candidates were interviewed by the Committee:
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Human Resource and Protection Service report
9 Mar 2017
The parliamentary Human Resources (HR) team briefed the Committee on the verification of validity and legitimacy of qualifications and vetting results of shortlisted candidates for filling vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). The HR team was given a task to verify the validity of qualifications of shortlisted candidates. ...
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 ...