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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Skills Fund & Services SETA 2020/21 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
17 Nov 2021
The Committee met with the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) to be briefed on their 2020/21 annual reports.
The National Skills Fund reported poor achievement of its performance targets. Its programme for skills development funding achieved only 11 percent ...
Basic Education
FFC on Expenditure Patterns in respect of Infrastructure, Conditional Grants & Equity in Education; DBE Audit Outcomes
16 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on expenditure patterns with respect to infrastructure and conditional grants and equity in education; the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) also briefed the Committee on audit outcomes of the Department ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Science and Innovation, NRF, SANSA, CSIR 2020/21 Annual Reports
12 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) portfolio. DSI, National Research Foundation (NRF) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) had clean audits. HSRC regressed from a clean audit to unqualified with findings. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET, NSFAS, SAQA, CHE, QCTO 2020/21 Audits & Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2021
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the 2020/21 audit outcomes for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities such as NSFAS, National Skills Fund (NSF), SAQA, CHE, QCTO, TVET colleges and universities.
Members were pleased with the performance of the entities, ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2020/21 Annual Report
9 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on its annual report for 2020/21, providing details of its achievements and challenges in meeting its objectives for the period under review. Its presentation included an overview of the service delivery environment and ...
Basic Education
2021 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing
9 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) informed the Committee today that the Director-General had already requested an urgent meeting with the Eskom CEO, which is expected to occur in the next few days. The committee was assured that it would be appraised ...
Basic Education
Teenage Pregnancy & Comprehensive Sexuality Education
7 Sep 2021
The Portfolio Committee unanimously agreed that a holistic approach is required to deal with reducing teenage pregnancy in South Africa. Teenage pregnancies rose since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on its programmes to address teenage pregnancy. It informed the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DSI & DHET on programmes in support of Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan
1 Sep 2021
The Committee met virtually to receive the long anticipated engagement with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Department of Higher Education and Technology (DHET) on work that they had done in support of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP).
The DSI outlined its work in support ...
Basic Education
DBE on: Second Chance Matric Programme; Support and Intervention for Learners who dropped out; Implementation of Teacher Development Programmes by PEDs; with Deputy Minister
31 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met on a virtual platform with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to engage on matters relating to the Second Chance Matric Programme (SCMP) and the implementation of teacher development programmes, with a special focus on mathematics, science and technology. A third presentation, on ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Chairperson election; NFR & SAUS on Postgraduate Funding Model & Transformation Framework
31 Aug 2021
The Committee convened virtually to elect a new Chairperson, and consider briefings by the National Research Foundation on progress in the implementation of the new Postgraduate Funding Model and South African Union of Students.
The National Research Foundation spoke about the policy implementation, its performance against the 2013 ministerial ...