Annual Report 2006/2007 - Department of Education

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2.16 Status of Local Government linkages
Further Education and Training Colleges has linkages
with local municipalities, and are benefiting from learnerships
like LED (Local Economic Development), Ancillary Health
Care with local hospitals. This learnership is popular at King
Sabata Dalindyebo FET College in Mthatha.
ABET provides adult education for learners in the
Departments of Correctional Services, Agriculture and
Health. Working at district level, it also continues to engage
closely with the Department of Labour in skills programmes
for learners.
cancellation of supplier contracts and the suspension of
SNP activities. In a process of re-implementing SNP a task
team compromising the Office of the Premier, Treasury and
Economic Affairs was constituted to ensure that feeding
was resumed in February 2007.
Linkages with Local Government structures are mainly
ad-hoc and in accordance with need. All Districts have
an Education Forum in place, where Local Government is
represented. The Provincial Office does not have a formal
structure to network and link up with Local Government.
However, the Chief Director Strategic Management
represents the Department at key meetings.
SECTION 2 • Programme Performance • Department of Education Annual Report 2006/07
HIV & AIDS works closely with the Department of Health
and Social Development on the training of lay counsellors
and closely with other Departments on and inter –
departmental structure which aims to identify and refer
orphans and vulnerable children (OVC Project)
The School Enrichment Programme Unit works closely
with the Department of Sport, Art and Culture to run the
Summer Games, which is a joint venture to keep children
off the streets during vacation time. In a joint venture with
Transnet, Libode nodal areas were reached in an attempt
to boost low morale and self esteem and to reduce
absenteeism and dropout from school.
Auxiliary Services has worked closely as part of a task
team within the Department of Public Transport to assess
and develop policy around the use of light delivery vehicles
as transport for learners.
The School Nutrition Programme faced widely reported
challenges toward the end of 2006 that led to the