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HET Presentation on Higher Education and Training

This presentation discusses the mandate, budget, and strategic plans for Higher Education and Training in South Africa. It also analyzes the budget for the previous financial year and highlights plans to reduce unemployment and improve workplace learning opportunities.

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HET Presentation on Higher Education and Training

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  1. HET Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training 11 August 2010 Parliament of South Africa

  2. HET Delegation Mr. Ivan Molefe - Chairperson of the Board Mr. Mike Wilson - Board member Mr. Joel Dikgole - Chief Executive Officer Ms. Daphne Matloa - Chief Financial Officer Mr. Andile Sipengane - Chief Officer: Qualifications and Research Dr. Hennie Zwarts - Chief Operating Officer

  3. HET Presentation Structure • Mandate, Budget and Strategic Plans 2010/11 • 2. Budget analysis of the 2009/10 financial year • 3. SWOT Analysis of W&RSETA • 4. Provincial allocations and special projects for 2010 • 5. Plans to reduce the high unemployment rate among young people • 6. Training providers and BEE status including allocation / budget spent per provider

  4. HET 2010/11 Strategic Plans & Budgets

  5. HET 2010/11 Strategic Plans & Budgets

  6. HET 2010/11 Strategic Plans & Budgets

  7. HET 2010/11 Strategic Plans & Budgets

  8. HET Priority 2 – NSDS 2.5 Skills for Rural Development and Co-operatives • Collaboration with other SETAs eg. AGRISETA • Partnerships with CBOs, NGOs & Co-ops should be considered to promote community involvement; • Partnership with FETs to build delivery capacity • Market rural programmes through radio broadcasts – identified as a very effective form of reaching the rual and deep rural areas • Target: 1000 learners

  9. HET Priority 3 Workplace Learning Opportunities to Accompany FET/HET • Market work-based learning to 5 000 participating organisations to offer at least 1 learner an opportunity; • Target: 3 500 in small organisations, 500 graduates and 1 000 retrenched in medium and large companies; • Minimum 6 to 18 months work-based learning opportunities with stipend for duration of Training • Permanent employment opportunities if possible; • Small organisations supported to implement work-based learning • Training providers and training materials • Work-based learning guide

  10. HET Adult Education and Training – NSDS 2.7 • Refocus ABET to AET; • Implement RPL to establish skills gaps; • W&RSETA NQF Level 1 Qualification approved and Learnership registered; • 900 learners currently on NQF Level 1 Business Practice Learnership; • Implement recently registered W&R NQF Level 1 Learnership

  11. HET 2009/10 Budget Analysis STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE – COMPARISON TO BUDGET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2010 ACTUAL BUDGET VARIANCE 2009/10 2009/10 Favourable R’000 R’000 (unfavourable) REVENUE Skills Development Levy: Income 466515 411920 54595 Skills Development Levy: penalties and interest 4132 0 4132 Other income (213) (213) TOTAL REVENUE 470434 411920 58514 `

  12. HET 2009/10 Budget Analysis STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE – COMPARISON TO BUDGET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2010 ACTUAL BUDGET VARIANCE 2009/10 2009/10 Favourable R’000 R’000 (unfavourable) EXPENDITURE Employer grant and project expenses (381474) (596172) 214698 Administration expenses (52308) (52449) 141 TOTAL EXPENDITURE (433782) (648621) 214839

  13. HET 2009/10 Budget Analysis STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE – COMPARISON TO BUDGET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2010 ACTUAL BUDGET VARIANCE 2009/10 2009/10 Favourable R’000 R’000 (unfavourable) SURPLUS /(DEFICIT) FROM OPERATIONS 36652 (236701) 273353 Interest Income 60854 72600 (11746) NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR 97506 (164101) 261607

  14. HET Strengths • Provincial presence; • Large constituencies – levy income; • Sound governance (clean reports – AG, SAQA, DoL): • Qualified staff (intellectual capital); • Formalised policies; • Performance Management System (PMS) for staff; • IiP organisation – standard of good practice ; • Efficient mandatory grant payment system; • experienced and effective SGB; • good reputation amongst stakeholders; • responsive to sector needs; • Career path and scarce and critical skills guide for the sector (qualifications framework); • Stable leadership

  15. HET Weaknesses • poor SMME participation in rural areas; • disbursement of funds; • lack of W&R programmes in FETs and HETs; • ratio of employees : training providers is not balanced; • high learner drop out rates; • poor stakeholder buy-in and participation; • inadequate project management; • fragmented SMME sector; • inadequate communication reach; • inadequate IT infrastructure

  16. HET Opportunities • Rural outreach and participation (require inter-SETA collaboration, increase training and provider base; • reduction of unemployment amongst youth and graduates; • transition to DHET- opportunities for better collaboration with HETs; • development of qualifications from NQF level 5 – 10; • integration of work-based experience with curriculum; • positioning W&R as career of choice (opportunity to provide progression from school – university – workplace; • proposed new landscape – transfer of Motor and Fuel Retail sectors; • qualifications partner with QCTO; • vibrant informal sector; • emerging new trends – opportunities for qualifications; • high number of unskilled people; • innovative strategies to improve SMME participation

  17. HET Threats • SETA Relicencing by Minister of HET (new SETA landscape); • registration as quality and assessment partner; • cash reserves taken over by National Treasury; • economic crisis / recession; • drastic changes in legislation resulting in non-existence of the SETA; • poor governance (placement under administration, financial management, Board); • loss of credibility with stakeholders; • fraudulent activities; • sector is not preferred career of choice –sectoral determination base low, long irregular hours; • impact of SARS collection systems on levy income

  18. HET Current Special projects Limpopo / Mpumalanga W&RSETA / P&L Hardware (R 990K) Management development programme for 60 Managers to retain them within the company and province Eastern Cape W&RSETA / South African Institute of Chartered Accounts (R 4,5m) 35 learners on pilot programme to address accounting skills within sector Free State W&RSETA / Free State Department of Public Works (R 4m) 30 learners on NVC project

  19. HET 2010 Projects

  20. HET 2010 Projects

  21. HET Regional Allocations and Special Projects for 2010/11 • KwaZulu Natal • FET/W&RSETA Collaboration (R 18, 6m) • Train 300 learners on NQF level 1 qualification; • 300 NVC start up in Nkandla, Nambithi and Ugu • Capacitaton of FET and BEE providers • Eastern Cape • Collaboration with St Thomas FET College (R 874K) • Train 50 deaf learners in food handling and bakery programmes. Learners to be employed on completion of programme; • Capacitate 12 facilitators, moderators & assessors

  22. HET Future Projects • Eastern Cape • BEE Co-operative Skills Project (R 1,7 m) • 55 BEE co-ops supported; • 200 learners to be trained from Transkei and Ciskei • Just On Cosmetics (R 2,7m) • Collaborate with EC Midlands FET public colleges; • train 50 unemployed youth on NVC Learnership; • 50 small business in rural EC;

  23. HET Future Projects • Western Cape • Upskilling Mathematics and Literacy skills of Matriculants (R 3,3m) • 500 grade 12 learners to prepare them for next level of learnership; • Partnership with FET college Crafters Project – non-levy paying (R 375K) • 350 levy paying owners / managers to be trained; • Free State / Northern Cape and North West (R 19,7m) • Capacitate FET colleges in Motheo, Lejwleputswa, Maluti-a-Phofung and Fezile Dabi to offer W&R qualifications; • Capacitate FET colleges to become ISOEs • 200 learners to be trained

  24. HET Reducing High Levels of Unemployment Projects to address demand within sector to improve chances of youth employment W&R Scarce Skills Sponsorship Programme (R 50m) 2 000 Finalyear students and graduates to gain workplace experience on scarce and critical skills Workplace Experience and Employment Grant (WEEG) 2010/11 (R 253 m) 5 000 matric school leavers, unemployed graduates and retrenched W&R employees to gain workplace experience in small companies.

  25. HET Reducing High Levels of Unemployment WEEG Project for FET Colleges (R 10m) 300 final year learners placed in companies to gain workplace experience; partnership with WC Department of Economic Development and Tourism Learning Programmes 2010/11 (R 100m) 2 000 learners on learnerships; 1 000 & 500 retrenchees on learnerships and skills programmes respectively Edcon (R 17,9m) 320 learners on learnerships

  26. HET Reducing High Levels of Unemployment eDEAF II (R 3,2m) 34 learners with hearing disabilities on skills programmes. Thabo Mbeki Development Trust for the Disabled (R 8m) 100 learners enrolled on learnership programmes. 50 graduated in July 2010. Makro Cadetship Programme (R 2,6m) 50 learners on cadetship programme. Learners will acquire BCom degree and will be placed within Makro stores.

  27. HET Training Provider Demographic Spread Number of Training Providers

  28. HET Provincial spread of Accredited BEE Training Providers

  29. HET Budget Allocations to BEE Providers

  30. HET Budget Allocations to BEE Providers

  31. HET Thank you! Questions and Comments, please

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