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

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BASIC EDUCATION 2020/21-2024/25 STRATEGIC PLAN AND 2020/21 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN Joint Meeting: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture 5 May 2020 1 PRESENTATION OUTLINE Purpose Introduction Size and Shape of the Basic Education Sector Background Progress on key selected deliverables Key Government Priorities Education Sector Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) State of the Nation Address (SoNA) Action Plan to 2024: Towards the realisation of schooling 2030 Education Sector Priorities 2020/21 Department of Basic Education (DBE) Annual Performance Plan (APP) development process Measuring our performance: 2020/21-2024/25 Strategic Plan and 2020/21 APP Impact Statement,Outcomes, Outputs, Indicators and Targets Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) analysis of the 2020/21 APP AGSA review of the 2020/21 APP 2020/21 APP monitoring activities affected due to Covid 19 and alternative mechanisms Budget Review: 2019/20 Audit Action Plan based on 2018/19 Audit findings: Finance and Performance Information Recommendations 2 PURPOSE To present the DBE Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25 and Annual Performance Plan 2020/21 to the Joint Meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture. 3 INTRODUCTION “By 2030, South Africans should have access to education and training of the highest quality, leading to significantly improved learning outcomes. The performance of South African learners in international standardised tests should be comparable to the performance of learners from countries at a similar level of development and with similar levels of access.” National Planning Commission: National Development Plan, November 2011) 4 SIZE & SHAPE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR 5 Department of Basic Education (national) BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR 6 6 EDUCATION STATISTICS AT A GLANCE, 2019 Size of the Schooling System: Learners: 12 408 755 Educators: 407 001 Schools: 23 076 Official languages English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, Afrikaans, siSwati, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, South African Sign Language 7 BACKGROUND 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 2020/21 APP represents the first year of activities towards achieving the objectives contained in the DBE Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25. The DBE’s Strategic