PROVINCIAL HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY

1. PROVINCIAL HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY PRESENTATION MADE AT THE PREMIER’S DIALOGUE WITH SETAS AND THE CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP OF THE NATIOAL SKILLS AUTHORITY 2 – 3 MAY 2013

2. OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION • Profile of Mpumalanga Province • Legislative framework plan of the HRDS and progress • What to do to deal with accelerating skills development in the Province • Who should be targeted for skills development • MEGDP: sectors for economics growth • Progress on growing critical and scarce skills using bursaries • Plan for trade and artisan development

3. PROFILE OF MPUMALANGA PROVINCE THE SOCIO – ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011/12 REFLECTS: • 12% of the population with no schooling • 4% of the population has obtained grades 0-9 • 29.9% of the population has obtained grades 10 -11 • 0.8% of the population has less than matric • 22% (37.4%) of the population has matric • 7.2% (11.9) of the population has tertiary education • The province has unemployment rate of 30.8%(30.3%) and was rated the second highest of the nine provinces

4. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK • The Constitution • The National Skills Development Strategy III; • The Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (PGDS); • Mpumalanga Economic Growth and Development Path (MEGDP); • Human Resource Development Strategy for South Africa 2010 -2030 • State of the Province Address (SOPA); • Trade, Industry and Research; • WSPs

5. KEY PILLARS OF THE HRDS • Strengthening the Education System • Aligning Skills and professional requirements with High Education and Training • Aligning the allocation of financial Aid with the Province’s Skills requirements • Forming strategic partnerships • Build a capable public service workforce

6. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVINCIAL HRDS AND P ROGRESS

7. Strengthening the education system

8. Strengthening the education system

9. Strengthening the education system

10. Aligning skills and professional requirements with higher education and training

11. Aligning skills and professional requirements with higher education and training

12. Aligning the allocation of financial aid and the province’s skills requirements

13. Forming Strategic Partnerships

14. Build a capable public service workforce

15. CRITICAL AND SCARCE SKILLS PER SECTOR AS INDICATED IN THE HRDS

16. MEGDP: SECTORS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH • Agriculture and Forestry value chain • Mining and Mineral beneficiation • Manufacturing • Energy and the Green Economy • Tourism and Cultural industries • ICT • Infrastructure development

17. WHAT TO DO TO DEAL WITH ACCELERATING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROVINCE

18. WHO SHOULD BE TARGETED FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT • The unemployed • Out of school youth • Matric dropouts • The youth in NEET • Women groups and people with disabilities • Community based projects • Semi skilled youth • Unemployed youth previously trained

19. CONCLUSION Developing the skill base for the province and country not an event but if done in collaboration with relevant stakeholders can be achieved

20. PROGRESS ON CRITICAL & SCARCE SKILLS * Carry through from 2011 academic year and earlier

21. PROGRESS ON CRITICAL & SCARCE SKILLS

22. PROGRESS ON CRITICAL &SCARCE SKILLS

23. PLAN FOR TRADE AND ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT BY MRTT 2013/14

24. BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE FOR 2012/13/14

25. MEDIUM TO LONG TERM PLANS • Fast track the partnership with major industries and collaborate in providing bursaries to students in the province in critical areas as indicated in the bursary template for 2013 • Work collaboratively with agencies in the continent and overseas agencies to develop prioritised skills • Fast track partnerships and commitments with major industries for job placement and structured workplace experiential learning • Focus attention on developing artisans in critical and scarce skills and set clear targets

26. ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY FETs, MRTT AND PRIVATE FETs • Provide learnerships, apprenticeship, RPL and Trade Testing Assessments in collaboration with SETAs, Industry and relevant stakeholders in identified fields • Provide skills programmes and full qualifications in the relevant trades in collaboration with SETAs • Provide trade and short time skills to NEET youth in skills required by industry • Establish trade testing centres and incubation hubs

27. PRIORITIES FOR 2013/14 The DOE would continue to champion the implementation of the Provincial HRDS in collaboration with other stakeholder with focus on: • Monitoring the increase in the number of children accessing ECD centres • Monitoring the increase in the number of learners registering for subjects needed by the economy i.e. English, Maths, Physical Science, and the four Technology subjects: Mechanical, Civil, Electronic and Engineering Graphics and Design • Ensure in collaboration with MRTT that there is an increase in the number of MOU signed with relevant industry to facilitate the placement of learners • Ensure in collaboration with MRTT that there is an increase in the number of artisans produced in 2 – 3 years and thereafter in the trades mentioned on slide 22

28. RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended that EXCO Lekgotla notes the following: • the implementation plan • that the implementation plan was part of the HRDS approved in November 2011 • progress made on the implementation of the HRDS • The available budget for bursaries 2013/14 be ringfenced

29. Ke a leboga!Obrigado! THE END