SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES

1. SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES GOAL To ensure access, and promote active participation of learners in sports, arts and culture in schools.

2. OBJECTIVES (SCHOOLS SPORT) • Strengthening sport in the curriculum through national programmes; • Developing a legislative and policy framework with regard to school sport; • Ensure access to adequate sporting facilities at school level. • Creating partnerships for sport development. • Ensure a co-ordinated framework for competitive sports.

3. OBJECTIVES (ARTS & CULTURE) • Strengthening arts and culture in the implementation of the curriculum (RNCS). • Creating partnerships for development. • Promoting cultural activities and displays.

4. Current Realities • The great divide between historically advantaged and historically disadvantaged schools; • The lack of opportunities provided to learners to participate in school sports and arts and culture programmes; • An imbalance in the extent to which sport is played as part of the curriculum, aspart of extra- curricular programmes and at a competitive level;

5. Current Realities cont. • The non-availability of adequately trained educators to teach sports, arts and culture; • The poor levels of infrastructure in many of our schools.

6. PROJECTS • National Audit: School Sport, Arts and Culture • Relokologile National Athletics for All • Celebration of Different Cultural Genres by Schools • Programme on ‘Amasiko’ as told by elders • TRANSNET – DoE Project • National School Sport Policy and • Legislative Framework - School Sport - Statutory Body

7. PROJECTS – Discussions • Arebapaleng: Schools’ Ball Games • Daimler Chrysler: Art Exhibition for learners • School Sport Strategy • Support for Life Orientation Educators • Framework for sharing of Sporting facilities

8. National Audit: School Sport, Arts and Culture • The intention is to establish data- base on the state of school sports, arts and culture in the provinces. • Progress: • ·        Financial resources secured from DfID • ·        CSIR appointed as Service provider • ·        Field-work started on 8 September – expected to be completed on 30 September 2003.

9. Promoting cultural activities and displays Intention is to profile different types of indigenous arts and cultures Progress: Celebration of South African Music Week (SAMW) in-school programme. • DoE, DAC and MIDI Trust launched the SAMW – 12 August2003 • Music Week in-school programmes: Successfully launched in North West, Mpumalanga and Free State (August 2003)

10. Promoting cultural activities and displays cont. Celebrating indigenous music and dance and emerging talents in schools. Progress: • Schools Indigenous Music and Dance Festival planned for 21 March 2004 • Guidelines Document for schools – to be developed.

11. Relokologile: National Athletics for ALL The intention is to encouraging ALL learners to participate in athletics activities organised at school, circuit, district, regional, and provincial and culminating in a national athletics meeting. Progress • The proposal to implement the initiative in partnership with USSASA has been approved by the DoE • Provinces have been informed and commenced planning for March/April 2004.

12. Legislative Framework To provide a framework for the promotion and organisation of school sport in South Africa. Progress • The two Ministers (DoE and SRSA) have met. • The two DGs are finalising the draft document for the Ministers

13. Successes • National implementation structures established – all provinces are represented • Quarterly meetings held to discuss challenges, progress and strategies • Secured additional financial resources Partnership initiatives – with other Departments • DAC, SRSA, SC and DWAF.

14. Siyathokoza Ro livhuwa ngamaanda!