FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT IN

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FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT IN MEETING ITS PRE-DETERMINED OBJECTIVES FOR 2020/21 JOINT MEETING PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, ARTS AND CULTURE 10 NOVEMBER 2020 1 PRESENTATION OUTLINE PART A Performance Indicators and Targets PART B: Financial Report: First Quarter Expenditure 2 PURPOSE To report on the First quarter outputs of the Department against the planned targets of the pre-determined objectives in the Annual Performance Plan for the 2020/21 Financial Year. To report on the Department’s expenditure for the First quarter of the 2020/21 Financial Year . 3 PART A PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND TARGETS 4 MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS… The first quarter of 2020/21 started when the country was in national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The activities planned for the quarter which include monitoring visits have been disrupted, thereby resulting in under achievement in the majority of indicators. The 2020/21 Annual Performance has been revised and some targets have been adjusted as from Quarter 2. The lockdown regulations and protocols were drafted and approved. The rotation schedules were prepared by Branches and submitted to Human Resources Management (HRM). HRM prepared permits for officials accordingly to comply with decisions taken at Senior Management in terms of the number of officials allowed in the building during the lockdown period. Officials were encouraged to hold virtual meetings and to ensure that where meetings were held in the DBE that a 50% meeting room capacity was applied. 5 QUARTER 1 MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS… Meeting with the Acting DG of Department of Health (DOH): The meeting took place on 15 April 2020 to request DOH to assist DBE in drafting Standard Operating Procedure documents for schools. Meeting with the DG of Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS): The meeting took place on 16 April 2020 to request that DBE participates in the DWS contract with Rand Water in providing water tanks and water in schools for the 6 provinces (EC, FS, KZN, LP, MP, NW). Meeting with DG of Department of Transport (DoT): Meeting took place on 16 April 2020 to request DoT to assist the DBE by providing the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) essentials for scholar transport vehicles. The DoT provided the COVID-19 essentials in all provinces. The DG held 116 one-on-one meetings/engagements with the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) to discuss state of readiness to reopen schools. 6 QUARTER 1 MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS… Meeting with the