BASIC EDUCATION 2020/21-2024/25 STRATEGIC PLAN AND

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BASIC EDUCATION 2020/21-2024/25 STRATEGIC PLAN AND ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2022/23 Portfolio Committee on Basic Education 15 March 2022 1 PRESENTATION OUTLINE Purpose Size and Shape of the Basic Education Sector Background Government priorities 2019-2024 Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and Education Sector Priorities Action Plan to 2024: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2030 Council of Education Ministers (CEM) priorities State of the Nation Address (SoNA) 2021/ 2022 Progress on selected deliverables (Including Infrastructure, Learning/Materials) ECD Function Shift Annual plans towards long term outcomes. Linking MTSF outcomes to APP – approach and Strategic outcomes The DBE APP 2022/23 development process DBE SP 2020/21-2024/25 The DBE APP 2022/23 2022 Budget Allocation Recommendation 2 PURPOSE To present the Department of Basic Education (DBE) Annual Performance Plan (APP) 2022/23 to the Portfolio on Basic Education. 3 SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR, 2021 Size of the Schooling System: Learners: 13 409 249 Educators: 447 123 Schools: 24 894 Official languages English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, Afrikaans, siSwati, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, South African Sign Language 4 BACKGROUND The presentation outlines the approach to Government-wide NDP priorities and the Education sector priorities based on the NDP 2030, MTSF 2019-2024 and Action Plan to 2024. The intention is to ensure programme activities in the sector to align with medium and long- term goals. The Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25 is anchored on the Government’s long-term plan; the National Development Plan 2030: Our future – make it work, the MTSF 2019-2024 and the Action Plan to 2024. The Annual Performance Plan (APP) sets out what the Department intends doing in the financial year and during the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period to implement its Strategic Plan. In fulfilling its legal obligation, the Department must produce and table an APP annually to Parliament. The Strategic Plan should cover a period of at least five years and can be amended during the five-year period it covers. The APP 2022/23 represents the third year activities towards achieving the objectives contained in the DBE Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25. 5 LEARNING LOSSES Since its outbreak two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education systems globally, affecting the most vulnerable learners the hardest. It has increased inequalities and aggravated a pre-existing education crisis. Enrolment in the first quarter of 2021 was around 50 000 (0.4%) lower than expected. The problem concentrated in lower grades. 54% of contact time was lost in 2020 due to