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Enhancing Education for Economic Growth in South Africa

This presentation provides an overview of education's role in economic growth in South Africa, emphasizing the need to improve access and quality of education at all levels. It covers topics like early childhood development, general education, FET colleges, and higher education, as well as special ASGI-SA projects aimed at improving infrastructure and learning outcomes in schools.

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Enhancing Education for Economic Growth in South Africa

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  1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND ASGI-SA 12 September 2006

  2. Overview of presentation • Education and the economy • Education provision and contribution to accelerated and shared growth • Special ASGI-SA projects

  3. Education and the Economy • Studies across the world and in South Africa indicate that increased levels of education support economic growth and reduce poverty and unemployment • South Africa needs to accelerate access to quality education at all levels of the education and training system • General Education, Further Education and Higher Education

  4. Current provision 1

  5. Grade 12 Enrolment, writing and passing 2001 - 2005

  6. Early Childhood Development • Goal to expand and improve early childhood care and education especially for most disadvantaged • Integrated approach through inter-departmental team; cognitive development, nutrition, health, safety.

  7. Grade R • Expand access to all five year olds by 2010 • Improve quality through provision of • training of teachers • equipment • food, nutrition and safe environments

  8. General Education • Universal enrolment from Grade 1 to Grade 9 • Need to improve quality of teaching and learning • The National Curriculum Statement aims to do this • Need to accelerate initiatives aimed at improving quality provision: infrastructure, equipment and books, health, safety and teaching especially reading, writing and calculating.

  9. FET – Grades 10 –12 • Cuurently high levels of enrolment in Grade 10 and then reduction in Grade 11 numbers and again in Grade 12 • Need to retain more learners in Grade 11 and 12 and improve quality of learning outcomes • The National Curriculum sets the benchmarks • Need to accelerate quality provision through infrastructure, equipment, books and high quality teaching

  10. FET Colleges • Huge increase in enrolment over the last five years • Race and gender profile of learners has changed • Need to accelerate enrolment and improve quality of programmes offered • Re-capitalisation aims to spend R1,9 billion on infrastructure, equipment, lecturers and administrative systems to deliver new programmes that address the needs of the economy

  11. Higher Education • Current system has expanded the numbers enrolled and substantially changed profile of students • Plans in place to accelerate access and quality through • Enrolment planning, • Quality assurance reviews and NSFAS

  12. ASGI-SA Special Projects 1 QIDS- UP • Many of our schools do not have the basic requirements for provision of quality education • Schools from poorest quintile will be selected to provide improved infrastructure, basic equipment, reading books and improved teaching and learning outcomes

  13. ASGI-SA Special Project 2 Dinaledi Schools • Goal is to accelerate higher grade maths and science passes in Grade 12 especially among African learners from 25 000 in 2005 to 50 000 in 2008 • 400 Dinaledi schools have been chosen to drive this initiative – the number will increase • Additional resources and support for teacher and learners will be provided in 2006, 2007 and 2008

  14. ASGI-SA Special Project 3 Re-capitalisation of FET Colleges • Phase out outdated N 1 – 6 programmes over 2007 - 2009 and introduce new programmes that meet the needs of the economy • Accelerate access to these programmes through provision of modern infrastructure, IT, equipment and new funding formula

  15. Determining Priority Skill Programmes for SA Step 1 • Determine what employers want, that is, relevant skills / vocational programmes: high and intermediary level skills including artisans Step 2 • Determine sectors for programmes according to ASGI-SA: 11 sectors: engineering including building and civil; business (finance, office administration, management, marketing); IT; Agriculture; Tourism and Hospitality Studies Step 3 • Determine modalities for offering programmes: full-time; part-time; flexible

  16. Conclusion • ASGI-SA dedicated growth initiative • Sustainability depends on a global view • Solid, quality foundations (General Education) • Appropriate high and intermediary level skills (FET) • Vibrant HE sector to ensure knowledge production and new generation of professionals

  17. Pathways to employment

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