Auditor General’s Department Heart / NSTA’s Core
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slide1. Auditor General’s Department<br>
slide2. Heart / NSTA’s Core Mandate Finance and Coordinate Technical and Vocational Training Programmes, aimed at creating a competent workforce, trained at international standards, to facilitate the growth and development of Jamaican businesses.<br>
slide3. Audit Objectives To determine if HEART was managing its educational and skills training programmes effectively, to contribute to Jamaica achieving a competent and efficient labour market. 1 2 To determine whether HEART received value from the money spent to deliver its educational and skills training programmes.<br>
slide4. What we found<br>
slide5. Low Certification Rate Despite an increase in the number of admissions over the five-year period, 2014-15 to 2018-19, HEART’s certifications remained constant at a low rate, averaging 45%. 45%<br>
slide6. Little Value Given its certification rate of 45%, HEART did not yield maximum value from the training expenditure of $30.5bn, between 2014-15 and 2018-19, to deliver skills training programmes.<br>
slide7. Inadequate Monitoring & Evaluation 38% certified 54% certified Community Training Interventions
(CTIs)
$2.9bn External Training Providers
(ETPs)
$8.3bn At Risk Youth Programmes<br>
slide8. Inadequate Monitoring & Evaluation At Risk Youth Programmes National Unattached Youth Programme (NUYP)
$1.3bn 32% Certified CAP-YES
$75mn 19%Certified<br>
slide9. What we found Long Waiting List 63,520 application awaiting admission<br>
slide10. What should be done<br>
slide11. Review current approach to delivering skills training programmes. Analyse the current human and physical resource capacity. Evaluate arrangements with ETPs, CTIs, to address deficiencies and to ensure accountability. Strategic
Review Gap Analysis Evaluate Review the feasibility of multiple programmes targeting at-risk youths. Rethink<br>
slide12. ‘A better Country through effective audit scrutiny’<br>
slide2. Heart / NSTA’s Core Mandate Finance and Coordinate Technical and Vocational Training Programmes, aimed at creating a competent workforce, trained at international standards, to facilitate the growth and development of Jamaican businesses.<br>
slide3. Audit Objectives To determine if HEART was managing its educational and skills training programmes effectively, to contribute to Jamaica achieving a competent and efficient labour market. 1 2 To determine whether HEART received value from the money spent to deliver its educational and skills training programmes.<br>
slide4. What we found<br>
slide5. Low Certification Rate Despite an increase in the number of admissions over the five-year period, 2014-15 to 2018-19, HEART’s certifications remained constant at a low rate, averaging 45%. 45%<br>
slide6. Little Value Given its certification rate of 45%, HEART did not yield maximum value from the training expenditure of $30.5bn, between 2014-15 and 2018-19, to deliver skills training programmes.<br>
slide7. Inadequate Monitoring & Evaluation 38% certified 54% certified Community Training Interventions
(CTIs)
$2.9bn External Training Providers
(ETPs)
$8.3bn At Risk Youth Programmes<br>
slide8. Inadequate Monitoring & Evaluation At Risk Youth Programmes National Unattached Youth Programme (NUYP)
$1.3bn 32% Certified CAP-YES
$75mn 19%Certified<br>
slide9. What we found Long Waiting List 63,520 application awaiting admission<br>
slide10. What should be done<br>
slide11. Review current approach to delivering skills training programmes. Analyse the current human and physical resource capacity. Evaluate arrangements with ETPs, CTIs, to address deficiencies and to ensure accountability. Strategic
Review Gap Analysis Evaluate Review the feasibility of multiple programmes targeting at-risk youths. Rethink<br>
slide12. ‘A better Country through effective audit scrutiny’<br>