Annual Performance Plan Jaarlikse ... - National Treasury

B.5 Further Education and Training
The following are the measurable objectives (▲) relating to programme 5, and their performance measures (►):
Annual Performance Plan 2007/08 – 2009/10
Measurable objectives Performance measures
Access ▲ To expand the FET college sector in terms of
the economic and social needs of the country.
Equity ▲ To promote the participation by historically
marginalised groups in public FET institutions.
Output ▲ To improve the success rate in the FET college
sector
Quality ▲ To provide relevant and responsive quality FET
learning opportunities
Specified policies, priorities and strategic objectives
• Strategic goals and objectives:
► PM501: Number of FET college students
relative to youth in the province
► PM502: Percentage of female students who are
in technical fields
► PM503: FET college throughput rate
► PM504: Percentage of learners placed in
learnerships through FET colleges
To ensure access to quality FET college education for all in the province
• To provide learner accommodation in FET colleges in accordance with policy
• To improve knowledge of and access to FET college education for learners from previously marginalised groups
• To increase the number of FET learners enrolled in appropriate programmes at colleges especially learners from
previously marginalised groups
• To promote the development of programmes that are responsive to the social and economic needs of the province
• To provide loans to learners from poor backgrounds who wish to study at FET colleges
• To create learner support units at each college to assist recruitment, support and placement
To ensure effective management and governance in all the learning sites and support structures
• To achieve an optimal and equitable distribution of financial, physical and human resources across the system
• To improve the knowledge and skills of FET CEOs through targeted training and support
• To improve the knowledge and skills of FET college councils through targeted training and support
• To improve management of curriculum and assessment processes
• To improve financial management and quality enhancement at all levels in line with provincial policy and the legislative
framework
• To provide professional support to all public FET colleges
To equip and support educators in their efforts to provide effective education
• To provide educators at FET colleges in accordance with policy
• To develop the professional quality of the teaching force, through ongoing professional support
• To develop the potential of media and technology (e-education and ICT) so as to enhance teaching and learning and to
provide curriculum support
• To equip educators to ensure effective curriculum development, delivery and support
• Policies and priorities:
The continued re-capitalization of all 6 FET colleges with a focus on skills development aligned to the MEDS and national needs, as
outlined by the National Human Resource Development Strategy. The conditional grant, introduced in 2006/07, for the re-capitalisation of
the FET colleges is funding this strategy.
The participation and success rates of learners, especially black learners, participating in the FET band at colleges as well as the number
of FET learners who qualify to enter higher education needs to be increased as follows -
• Increase number of learners of 16 - 22 years enrolled at colleges
• Increase number of learners enrolled for full qualifications
• Increase number of learners that qualify for higher education
• Offer and evaluate new programmes that respond to needs of the economy
• Train lecturers in new FET courses
• Maintain learner support units at each of the six colleges and track learners on exit
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