Download
1 / 29
290 likes | 298 Views
This briefing provides an overview of the progress made in migrating the AET and TVET sectors, including updates on staffing, function shifts, and queries. The report also presents the findings and recommendations from the investigation into the operations of Community Learning Centres (CLCs) in the KZN region.
E N D
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING BRIEFING ON PROGRESS ON THE MIGRATION OF ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING (AET) AND TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)SECTORS Joint Meeting of the Select Committee on Education and Recreation, Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training and Portfolio Committee on Basic Education Progress Report on the Migration of Adult Education and Training (AET) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Sectors Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training 18 November 2015
Overview of HR Related Queries • From the overall 318 human resources related queries, most are related to human resource administration (i.e. 83%). • Labour Relations queries, including disputes related to conditions of service and queries from Limpopo SADTU, SAAEU, North-West Arbitration Award, are at 3%. • Organisational development queries, including mostly conditions of service and backlogs in payment of pay progression, are at 3%.
Overview of the Mostly Received HRA Queries
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Purpose and Background • The Acting Deputy Director-General: Vocational and Continuing Education and Training (VCET) commissioned an investigation into the operations of the Community Learning Centres (CLCs) in KZN. • The task team consisting of officials from the Western Cape, Gauteng, Head Office, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape was established. • The mandate of the task team was to investigate the operations of CLCs in the KZN Region and come up with findings and recommendations.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Scope and Mandate: • The investigation was conducted from 29 September 2015 to 1 October 2015 focussing on the following areas: • Possible clustering of CLCs; • Replacement of claims system with fixed-term contract system; and • Possible termination of the contracts of “double parkers”.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region Districts visited: The following towns and districts were visited, and meetings were held with the District Coordinators:
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Task Team Findings • Educators • District Coordinators - reported that more than 50% of the educators in the region are unqualified (most in possession of a Grade 12 certificate only). • Some are in possession of a one year or two-year certificate (subject to substantiation with statistics as the exact numbers were not available). • Information provided indicates that approximately 22% percent of educators are “double parkers”. • In most cases, the Centre Managers are “double-parkers” as they are full-time educators at the host institution and educators at the CLCs.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region “Double Parkers” and Dedicated Educators *Not all Districts had “double parkers” as per the statistics available
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Location, Hours of Operation of the CLCs and Access to Facilities • Most CLCs are hosted by public ordinary schools. • Most CLCs operate between 15:00 and 21:00. • In most cases, where “double parkers” act as Centre Managers, they also serve as full-time educators at the host school. • Access to the facilities is, in some cases, linked to the availability and appointment of the “double parker” as Centre Manager.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Appointment and Remuneration of Educators • The KZN Region still uses the monthly claim system. • Often educators receive payment extremely late. • For most of the educators in the region, this is their only source of income. • Added to this is the fact that the majority of the educators are unqualified.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Staff Establishment • CLCs do not have staff establishments. As a result, the Region does not have proper control over the number of educators being appointed and management of the CETC budget. • With a total of ±6 000 educators and 49 797 learners, it implies that the Region effectively operates on an average learner: educator ratio of 1:8, which is not cost effective. • There is no differentiation in the appointment of Centre Managers. All CLCs, big or small, have a Centre Manager. All Centre Managers, notwithstanding the difference in size, are remunerated at two (2) hours per day, four (4) days a week.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Task Team Recommendations • A management plan should be developed by the Region giving effect to the proposed clustering of Centres and termination of contracts of “double-parkers, where possible. • Such a plan must stipulate, amongst other things, clearly identifiable milestones. • All lecturers to be appointed on a fixed-term contract from 1 January 2016 and paid via PERSAL. • The current claiming system should be terminated. • Each CLC should be provided with a staff establishment in order to control/manage the number of educators being appointed in the Region.
Task Team Report on CLC Operations in KZN Region • Task Team Recommendations • The provision of educational services to Department of Correctional Services, funded by the Region, needs to be investigated urgently so that due processes can be followed to ensure such funding is terminated on 31 December 2015. • An in-service training should be developed to address the needs of unqualified educators. • The clustering of centres should be revisited to further reduce the number of centres to less than 135.
