Annual Performance Plan Jaarlikse ... - National Treasury

The following specific programme-based strategies represent the service delivery platform for the HCDS:-
• Programme 2: Public ordinary school education and Programme 4: Public special schools
Ensure that all learners from Grade 1 to Grade 6 read, write and calculate at the levels determined by the NCS.
Ensure that all learners in Grades 7 - 9 are provided with a high quality general education.
Increase the participation and success rates of young learners, especially black learners, in the FET band at schools.
Increase the number of FET learners who qualify for access to higher education.
Increase access to higher education especially for learners from poor homes.
Provide advice on subject choice and career guidance to all learners in Grade 9 so that they make appropriate subject
and career choices in the FET band.
• Programme 5: Further education and training
Increase the participation and success rates of young learners, especially black learners, in the FET band at colleges.
Increase the number of learnerships, apprenticeships, internships and skills programmes that are linked to work
opportunities.
• Programme 6: Adult basic education and training
Increase the number of adult learners in basic education and training (ABET) programmes.
• Programme 7: Early childhood development
Ensure an integrated approach to the physical, social and cognitive development of all 0 to 4 year olds living in the
province.
Provide high quality Grade R tuition to all 5 year olds so that they are ready for school learning.
• Programme 8.5: iKapa Elihlumayo
Provide career guidance course to all secondary schools.
Train teachers in each secondary school to provide career guidance.
A.2 The challenges facing the education sector
Education in the Western Cape faces various challenges, viz socio-economic challenges, national/provincial policy
challenges and the organisational challenges.
A.2.1 The socio-economic challenges
The population of the Western Cape has grown rapidly over the last five years and continues to grow. According to the
Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) 2005 General Household Survey, the Western Cape is home to about 4,7 million people,
representing 10% of South Africa’s total population. The Western Cape population growth is estimated at 2,1% per annum.
The migration patterns indicate that rates of migration increased substantially from 1991 - 1996 to 1996 - 2001. The broad
pattern of migration remains the same: substantial net movement into Gauteng and the Western Cape and substantial net
movement out of the Eastern Cape and Limpopo. In-migration and out-migration are more balanced in the remaining five
provinces.
Annual Performance Plan 2007/08 – 2009/10
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