Communications Portfolio Committee 04 June 2004

1. Communications Portfolio Committee04 June 2004

2. Background • Established around 1998 as Broadcasting School by Govt. • Funded through Dept. of Communications • Mandate – Provide a bridge between Academic training and work/employment • Focus – Initially traditional broadcasting i.e. Radio & TV Production Training

3. Background cont. • Organization response – 18 months post-grad Diploma programs in Radio and TV • Training started in 2000 • First Group of graduates in Oct 2001 • Introduction of Creative Multimedia 2001 • Partnership with Multimedia University of Malaysia • Joint programme on CMM with curriculum developed by MMU on annual licence

4. The organization • Board of Directors – appointed by Minister • Management & Staff – complement 26 • Staff – largely admin with a small management team • Students – drawn from largely country side, women • Training – Diploma and Short Courses • Funding –Wholly DoC Dependant • Revenue generation – (inconsistent) has potential to be a large portion of the organization’s funding • Partnerships – One formal partnership with MMU. Slow implementation of other partnerships. No formal relations with sister organizations

5. Radio Production Diploma (15 Students) Introduction to Radio Production Current Affairs Programming for Radio Research and Programme Development Post Production and Packaging Writing for Radio Internships (3 months) TV Production Diploma (20 Students) Writing for TV News gathering, processing and presentation Camera and lighting Production and post-production (Field & studio) Audio and graphics Internship (3 months) Training

6. Creative Multimedia • Why? – Convergence of ICT, high growth area and content realisation • Defined – Integrated medium containing several media with high level of interactive presentation • Training – 3 year diploma, internship • Courses – Animation, Information and Advertising Design

7. Achievements • Registration with the Department of Education • Strategic Training Partnership with Multimedia University of Malaysia (MMU) • NEMISA Launch & Graduation Ceremony • Accreditation of Training Programmes by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) • Training of Nigerian Broadcasters • Khuluma Radio Project (RSA - French Govt. Collaboration) • Graduate placement within the Sector (+60%) • Language Portals – Heritage Web Sites • Video Production Learnership (CreateSA) • Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) Training

8. Students Stats

9. NEMISA ‘As-Is’ Bus Model TRAINING Radio Industry Unemployment pool Own bus • Recruitment Pool • Schools • Technikons • Univ Multimedia Television Animation Design Information Design Administration

10. Challenges • Training is expensive and not backed up by marketable product (content) • No obligation from the industry to employ graduates – industry participation limited • Trainees still require extra supervision even after completion • Need to present Student productions externally e.g. film festivals • Diploma programmes not suitable to practitioners currently in jobs

11. Proposed Model NEMISA ACCREDITATION NEMISA MAPPP-SETA Internships/ Apprenticeships NEMISA-INDUSTRY AGREEMENT SETA-INDUSTRY AGREEMENT E-TV Other… SABC Radio & TV M-Net Independent Producers Trainee Pool Industry Recruitment

12. Strategic Focus • Enhance Diploma Programmes • Development of Industry focussed short courses • Creation of Learnerships • Establish NEMISA as a Content Hub for Govt.

13. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

14. MTEF Allocation • 2003/2004 - R 15 153 000 • 2004/2005 - R 16 878 000 • 2005/2006 - R 18 163 000 • 2006/2007 - R 19 199 000

15. Sources of Funding

16. Sources of funding 2002 vs 2003

17. How we spent the funds for 2003/4?

18. Sources of Revenue 2004/2005 Grant Other Learnerships R16,878m R2,6m R500,000

19. Utilisation of funds 2004/2005

20. Training Programme Costs Additional annual costs per student (excl tuition) R • Accomodation 18 510 • Transport 2 526 • Breakfast and Lunch 6 500 • Dinner Allowance 3 900 • Stipends 4 200 • Weekend Meals 4 680 40 316

21. Thank you