Gender and Racial Transformation in SA Higher Education

1. DIALOGUE ON SKILLS PLANNING Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Briefing on Gender and Racial Transformation in South African Higher Education 11 November 2014

2. INTRODUCTION • Since Colonial times Black Education in General and African Education in particular has been neglected and ignored. The same for Higher Education. • However the little gains made prior to the advent of Apartheid was further eroded by Apartheid from 1957 onwards. • With the introduction of the homelands came the introduction of homeland Education and homeland Higher Education, which while increasing intake, neglected quality altogether. • 1994 ushered the opportunity of turning around the discrimination of the past.

3. 1994 DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION • Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1994-1996) • Education White Paper 1: On Education and Training (1995) • Education White Paper 3: A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education (1997) • Report of the Ministerial Committee on transformation and social cohesion and the elimination of discrimination in South Africa’s public higher education institutions (2008) • National Development Plan (2012) • Ministerial Oversight committee on Transformation (2013) • White Paper on Post-School Education and Training (2014)

4. PARTICIPATION FROM 1993 TO 2012 • In 1993, 52% of the enrolment in universities was Black (African, Coloured and Indian) as compared to 89% of the South African population. By 2012 82% of enrolment in universities was Black. • The participation rate of Africans increased from 9% in 1993 to 16% in 2012, and of Coloureds from 13% to 14.3 % over this period. • For Indians it increased from 40% in 1993 to 47.4 % in 2012 and for Whites it decreased from 70% to 54.7%. • Noting Africans comprised 80% of the population, Coloureds - 9%, Indians - 2% and Whites - 9% in 2012.

5. % Percentage Female: 51% Percentage Male: 49%

6. Gross Enrolment in public universities in South Africa (2012 academic year)(Source: DHET; 2012 HEMIS audited data)

7. % Headcount Enrolments 2012

8. Enrolment 2006 to 2011

9. Quality in 2011

10. Academic Staff - Race

11. Academic Staff - Gender

12. Doctoral Graduates by Race and Gender 1994 - 2007

19. On Academic Staff - Higher Education South Africa (HESA) said to the Portfolio Committee on HET nn 5 March 2014:

20. White Paper on Post-School Education and Training says there has been Progress since 1994 but …..

21. Oversight Committee on Transformation

22. Social Inclusion Policy • On 7 August 2014, the Minister of Higher Education and Training released a draft social inclusion policy framework on post-school education and training institutions for public comments. • This policy is intended to assist public institutions of higher education and training to develop their own social inclusion policies and guidelines. • This policy will be used to monitor that institutions take transformation priorities into account. • The policy is being processed for approval by the Minister. • The policy will also include a Charter to be agreed to by all role-players in the sector.

23. Programmes • Foundation Provisioning programmes: • designed to assist underprepared students to succeed • R236.6 million to support foundation provisioning in 2014/15 • Teaching and research development Grants: • R609.5 million for Teaching Development • R197.4 million for Research Development • Designed to improve the qualifications of academic staff and improve teaching quality

24. Staffing South African Universities Framework • A comprehensive, transformative approach to building capacity and developing future generations of academics. • The SSAUF takes, as a starting point, the urgent imperative to recruit, support and retain black and female academic staff to address their very serious under-representation at all levels in the sector.

25. SSAUF • theNurturing Emerging Scholars Programme(NESP) will identify students who are beginning to demonstrate academic ability at relatively junior levels • the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) will recruit new academics against carefully designed and balanced equity considerations and in light of the disciplinary areas of greatest need • the Existing Academics Capacity Enhancement Programme (EACEP) will support the development of existing academics • the Supplementary Staff Employment Programme (SSEP) will enable universities to recruit specific skills on a needs basis •  the Staffing South Africa’s Universities Development Programme (SSAU-DP) cuts across the core programmes and supports teaching and research development needs in each programme

26. Implementation: Phase 1 in 2015 • Phase 1 involves the intake of one cohort of scholars into the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP), and their support over the six years making up the programme. • The first cohort is planned to comprise 200 nGAP posts. • The target is 85% South African black nGAP scholars appointed by end June 2015. Priority within this group will be given to black women. • Future cohort intakes are planned to grow to reach a new intake of 400 per annum.

27. DIALOGUE ON SKILLS PLANNING Thank You