NORTH-WEST PROVINCE VTSD SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LEKGOTLA

Potchefstroom

07 September 2017

“Skills Revolution For Radical Socio-economic Transformation”

Content

1. Background – National Skills Authority (NSA)

2. Provincial Skills Development Forum (PSDF)

3. National Skills Development Strategy III

(NSDS III)

4. National Skills Development Plan (NSDP)

Background – National Skills Authority (NSA)

-SDA provisions requires the NSA to execute the an oversight

and advisory role over the NSDS policy, implementation, etc

National Skills Authority(NSA) is established in terms of Chapter 2, section

(5) of the Skills Development Act (SDA) 97 of 1998, as amended (Act 37 of

2008) - to advise the Minister as per the Act

White Paper for Post-School Education and Training

states that “the National Skills Authority will

concentrate specifically on monitoring and evaluating

the SETAs. This implies that it will become an expert

body with high- level monitoring and evaluation skills.”

Composition

National

Skills

Authority

SAQA

State

Organisedlabour

Education

& T Inst

Organised

business

Community

constituency

Summary of functionsNSA Functions

Advice Liaison (SETAs) Consultation Other

Advise the Minister on:•National Skills Development PolicyNational Skills Development Strategy (NSDS)NSDS Implementation GuidelinesNSF Funding Allocation Strategic Framework and CriteriaSDA Regulations (excl QCTO regulations)

Liaise with SETAs on:•The National Skills Development PolicyThe National Skills Development StrategySector Skills Plans

Consult with the Minister on:•SETA Changes, Amalgamations, Dissolutions and AdministrationSETA SLA Regulations and Contents SETA Plans and DG Reporting requirementsSETA GrantsSETA PowersEmployee / Union Skills Development RightsNSF Administration and Operations

Provincial Skills Development ForumsSDA PerformanceSkills Development Levies Act Regulations

The Authority must:Perform its functions in accordance with this Act and its constitution Conduct investigations on any matter arising out of the application of this Act Exercise any other powers and perform any other duties conferred or imposed on the Authority by this ActReceive, from the Department, information on skillsPerform any function of the National Training Board functions

The Authority has:•The prescribed powers of entry and to question and inspect

Liaison (QCTO)

Liaise with the QCTO on:•occupational standards and qualificationsthe suitability and adequacy of occupational standards and qualificationsthe quality of learning in and for the workplace

The NSA EO must be a QCTO board member

Reporting

Report to the Minister on the:•NSDS implementation progress

Comment

The Authority must:•Comment on the NSF annual financial statements

4th Term NSA focus

areas

Strengthen

institutional

mechanisms

Development of SD system

capacity

Research Commissioning

& advice

Support Provincial footprint (PSDFs)

Advice-legislative

review

Advice-NSDS & Seta

landscape

Strengthening M&E

(Part.) SETAs

Establish SD

Repository

Align roles,

SDA, WP-

PSET

Percentage of unemployed youth with no work experience by province,

2008 - 2015

STATISTICS SA 2008 -2015 SURVEY REPORT With regard to the population groups, black African youth who live in

households in which no one is employed face the biggest challenge to their livelihoods. In 2015, as many as 30,9% lived in such households.

In every province, the proportion of unemployed youth that have

no work experience is higher than that of adults by a large

margin.

Youth aged 15–34 years account for a larger share (55,0%) of the working-age population than adults (45,0%) and their labour market situation is generally worse than adults.

In five provinces, the decline in the rate among youth was higher than the national average, ranging from 4,7 percentage points in North West to as high as 6,3 percentage points in Gauteng.

In Eastern Cape, Limpopo, North West and KwaZulu-Natal one in every ten working-age youth gave up looking for work and become discouraged in 2015.

Proportion of youth (15–34 years) living in households in which no one is employed by province, 2008–2015

Youth 15-34 Years living in households in which no one is employed (%)

PSDF Legislative mandate and Background

The Skills Development Act 37 of 2008 as amended states:

Those purposes are to be achieved [by] through -

a skills development forum in each Departmental province;

Provincial Skills Development Forums were established to be

stakeholders’ platform to address provincial and regional skills needs.

PSDFs serve as links between the NSA and the Provinces.

PSDFs facilitate the preparations and co-ordination of activities

leading to the development of Provincial Skills Development Strategies

PSDF Background

Provincial Skills Development Forum is a platform for sharing and

expediting skills development drive in the province

PSDF should bring on board role players with a vision to take

forward provincial economic growth through skills development

Skills development should lead to economic growth, employment

creation, identification and placing of unemployed work seekers

into formal employment, social development projects and/or

income generating opportunities.

Role of PSDF

Primary role is to ensure the alignment of all skills development initiativeswith economic and social development strategies of the PDGP, HRDSAwhich include advice on, but not limited to:

Skills development for unemployed and underemployed personsAlignment with provincial economic development strategy/PGDSCo-operation with interested bodies.Integration of projects with the national, provincial and local initiatives.Any other matter pertaining to skills development issues affecting theprovince or part thereof.Facilitate the identification of scarce skills and training needs.Contribute to the development of the Provincial Skills PlanEndorse, monitor and support evaluation of the Provincial Skills Plan.Advice on ways to ensure viability and sustainability of projects.Advice on skills development for designated groups.

NSDS 3NDP Requirements;

Synergize Education in the economic growth context

Respond to the needs of labour market in order to improve the overall productivity of the economy

Strengthen partnership between education and industry

Improve work readiness with required quality by Industry

Workplace-based skills development(work integrated learning, WIL)

Improve entrepreneurial and innovative economy

R/D and innovation capacity

Depended on SETAs support

NSDS III 2011 – 2020A SKILLED AND CAPABLE WORKFORCE

Institutional Mechanism for Skills Planning

Access to occupationally-

directed programmes

Growth of public FET

college system

Address low level of language and numeracy skills

Workplace based skills

development

Co-Op, SME, NGO and Community

training initiatives

Public Sector capacitation for

improved service delivery

Career and Vocational guidance

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

The Minister of HET said in his 2014 budget vote speech ‘The Department placesgreat emphasis on linking education and the workplace. This will include thedevelopment of a clear strategy to turn every workplace into a training space’

Linking Education and the Workplace

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UniversityManager/ Professional

TVET college Artisan Mid level

Community college

Independent Sustainable Livelihoods

WoRKPLACE

Learner Employer

SETAs … with contacts and resources will incentivise employers to take on students for workplace learning opportunities (cf. p. 16)SETAs … will establish workplace needs, and ensure that providers have the capacity to deliver against these (cf p. xvi)

Example of PSDF structure

Office of the PremierDEDEAT Renewal Energy Unit

Provincial Skills Development Forum

Provincial Sustainable Energy Forum

Provincial Green Skills Forum

Prov RE Industry:

Developers

Business Chambers

NAFCOC

DEDEAT

IDZ

Innovation Hub

PSDF Green Skills Sub-Committee

Relevant SETAs

TVET Colleges

Univ / Research Institutions

Metros and Municipalities (SD)

SALGA

Organised Labour

Outcomes:

RE sector / skills institutions linked

Green skills needs identified

Training materials / content developed

Current skills stakeholder activities audited

Action plans developed

Supported by:

merSETA

University (Energy Research Unit)

TVET College

DHET

NSA

2012/13 Consultative Workshop on NSDS III

Eastern Cape Province-Specific Eastern Cape Topic-Specific

EC Skills Development Status NMBM NSDS III Consultative Forum – District Skills Forum

PSDF Report on NSDS III Implementation Eastern Cape Occupational Projection System

Eastern Cape Green Skills Project

Free State Province-Specific Free State Topic-Specific

Free State Provincial Government – Skills Development Role and Objectives

Aligning Skills to Economic Growth

Local Economic Development Plan Skills Development Perspective: Business Sector

Skills Development Perspective: Organised Labour

Gauteng Province-Specific Gauteng Topic-Specific

Gauteng Master Skills Plan – Skills Demands and Challenges

Gauteng Vision 2055

GPG Report – NSDS III Achievements and Government Skills Requirements

KwaZulu-Natal Province-Specific KwaZulu-Natal Topic-Specific

A Capable State Human Resources Development

Provincial Growth and Development Plan Key Success Factors of Industrialisation and Key Sector Skills Gaps

Skills for the Green economy

Skills development social livelihood s

A goat auction on March 7, 2013, at Msinga in KwaZulu-Natal – the auction, run by AAM livestock agents and auctioneers with the Mdukatshani Rural Development Programme (MRDP), was one of the first indigenous goat auctions in the country and the first time in KwaZulu-Natal that local, smallholder and indigenous goat farmers had the opportunity to sell their livestock through a formal and fair auction process (source: www.heifer.org)

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Mandate (NSDP)

1. The White Paper highlights the need to build on theimportant policy shifts that were introduced in NSDS III,these include:“providing greater levels of access to education and trainingin rural areas; increasing collaboration between the skillssystem, government and industry; driving skills developmentprimarily through the public education system, and inparticular through universities and TVET colleges; andfocusing less on numerical targets and more on outcomesand impact”.

2. A major focus of the SETAs will be to work with CommunityEducation and Training Colleges (CETC).

Background

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• White Paper for Post-School Education and Training

• Ministerial Task Team Report on SETA Performance

• Human Resource Development Council Report on the Skills System Review

• Number of other reviews and reports considered

National Skills Development Strategy and SETA Landscape

Proposal (NSLP 2015) –29 February 2016

• SETA Landscape due to lapse 31 March 2016

• NSDS III due to lapse 31 March 2016

Government Gazette issued to extend NSDS

III and Re-establish SETAs until 31 March

2020• Cabinet

• Public Comments -121

• Task Teams (WP/MTT)

• NEDLAC

• National Skills Authority (NSA)

• SETAs

• QCs

• PSDFs

• Inter- governmental engagements

Consultation/Engagement

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Objectives – Building on NSDS III

• - Framework for collaboration with Educational institutions to increase enrolment;

•Funding Occupations in High Demand (49.5%) – WPBL Incentives

•Fund National Priorities that focus on the needs of the poor (20%);

•Longer term planning

•Fiscus and Levy to support occupational priorities;

•Longer term planning and funding to build capacity to deliver programmes to address occupations in high demand;

•Support Workplaces and institutions partnering - Incentives

•Quality Councils to ensure qualifications and curricula in place;

•Demand Analysis to inform enrolment Planning;

•Enhancing articulation

• - Partnerships with TVET/CETC/HEI

•Determine Occupational Demand based on workplace demand and Government Priorities through research and analysis

Understanding Demand

Steering Supply –

Qualification and Provision

Steering Supply -Funding

Growing Supply

ROAD AHEAD

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Engagement at NEDLAC and NSA until

September 2017;

Issue Gazette on the NSDP for comment

and critical engagements;

Approve and commence with phased-in

implementation –including legislative

reviews, etc

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THANK YOU

Ke a leboga

Website: www.nationalskillsauthority.org.za

Email: Mashongoane.T@dhet.gov.za

Tel. 012 312 5420

Acting Executive Officer: Dr. Thabo Mashongoane

9/19/2017