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January 2019. Strengthening National Skills Development governance and accountability Dr Takalani Rambau Senior Manager – AGSA. Reputation promise.

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January 2019

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  1. January 2019 Strengthening National Skills Development governance and accountabilityDr Takalani RambauSenior Manager – AGSA

  2. Reputation promise The Auditor-General of South Africa has a constitutional mandate and, as the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of South Africa, exists to strengthen our country’s democracy by enabling oversight, accountability and governance in the public sector through auditing, thereby building public confidence.

  3. AGSA Service Offerings Fraud Detection Review large projects

  4. Skills Development National Priorities • National Development Plan advocates for: • Improving the system of skills planning • Development of strong national qualifications and variety of non-formal skills programmes • Strengthen and expand the number of TVET colleges • The development of world class centres for training and skills development • The policy objectives of the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training (PSET) include: • A stronger and more cooperative relationship between education and training institutions and the workplace. • A PSET system that is responsive to the needs of individual citizens, public and private employers as well as societal and developmental objectives. • The essence of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III is to address systemic blockages such as: • A lack of synergy between the various post-school sub-systems (e.g. universities, TVET colleges, Setas, etc.) • A lack of clarity in relation to the role expected of the various parts of the skills development system • Inefficiencies and wastage within the PSET system • Silo mentality which prevents partnerships and alignment needed to improve effectiveness

  5. Policies and legislation informing the sector audits Current planning and reporting Guidelines -amongst others Skills Development Act (1998 National Skills Development National Development Plan (2012) White Paper on PSET (2014) Sector Skills Plans Annual Service Level Agreements Annual Performance Plans Quarterly Management Reports Annual Reports

  6. 2014 – 2018 PSET sector audit focus areas

  7. Key Lessons Learnt • Skills Research • The need to use established research institutions/ primarily public research providers with a room to use private research providers. • Centralised research planning, commissioning and research reports management. • Consider the role and responsibilities of research capacity residing in the 21 sectors • Partnerships • Partnership beyond designated skills entities • Department of Labour (Public Employment Services) registration of work seekers • Expanded Public Works Programme, Community Works Programme, NARYSEC, etc. • SETA to SETA identification of priority/focus areas and collaborating with each other for cross-cutting or inter-sectoral skills • Monitoring and Evaluation • M&E systems and processes need to be used as knowledge generator and base • There is a need to develop a continuous practice of capturing findings from M&E initiatives – site visits in a centralised or national database. • The need for integrated effort for areas deemed national priorities Plan , monitor and report the implementation of national priorities to determine the need for inputs, outputs, outcome and impact achieved such as • Support skills for rural development • Support SMMEs, NGOs and Trade Union • Revitalisation of TVET colleges

  8. Critical elements for national skills development governance and accountability • Collective planning – Alignment of systems, processes and tools • Annual Broader Stakeholder Engagement – National Skills Conference • SETA chairpersons planning meeting • SETA CEOs planning meetings • Priority Areas/Cross-Cutting/Intersectoral Implementation meetings • National Skills Development Coordination • DHET as a national coordinator – guide, support, report (Branches and NSA) • SETAs lead sector specific initiatives • NSF lead initiatives which are not sector specific • Monitoring and Evaluation – hub of information management • NSA as per its mandate to be responsible for providing guidance, setting up mechanism to capture and share M&E data in terms of findings, best practices and common challenges • Develop processes and systems for ensuring that the existing capacity for M&E residing in different sectors is used economically, efficiently and effectively • Consolidated reporting to provide holistic achievements • The reporting processes and systems from different sectors should talk to each other • Consistency in reporting quarterly reports, annual reports and consolidated annual report • Mid-term and five-year reporting are essential for the stakeholders

  9. Stay in touch with the AGSA

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