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School's Report 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination

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1.1 Introduction<br />

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education subscribes to the legislative mandates informing<br />

<strong>National</strong> and Provincial priorities. Against this background, cognisance has been taken of the<br />

“<strong>National</strong> Development Plan 2030”, and the “Provincial Growth Development Plan”, so as to provide<br />

a holistic, high quality service to its clients.<br />

In complying with THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2030, the education system needs to<br />

meet the following five priorities:<br />

• High quality Early Childhood Development Education, with access rates exceeding 90%<br />

• Quality school education with globally competitive literacy and numeracy standards.<br />

• Further and Higher Education and Training that enables people to fulfill their potential.<br />

• An expanding Higher Education sector that is able to contribute towards rising income, higher<br />

productivity and the shift to a more knowledge-intensive economy.<br />

• A wider system of innovation that links key public institutions (universities and science<br />

councils) with areas of the economy consistent with our economic priorities.<br />

The Province of KwaZulu-Natal is therefore making every effort to meet the mandates of the <strong>National</strong><br />

Development Plan 2030. This can be done if the Province endeavours to improve:<br />

• the number of candidates passing the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Certificate</strong><br />

• the number of Bachelor passes<br />

• the number of candidates passing Information Technology, Consumer Studies, Hospitality<br />

Studies, Tourism, Computer Applications Technology, Sciences and Mathematics, amongst<br />

others.<br />

KwaZulu-Natal’s challenges in terms of poverty, unemployment and under-development are certainly<br />

not unique. On the contrary the rest of the country and indeed many developing countries in the<br />

world face similar challenges. For this reason the KZN Department of Education aligns its intended<br />

outcomes to the international and national policy contexts, namely the <strong>National</strong> Development Plan<br />

2030, through the Provincial Growth Development Plan.<br />

In meeting and complying with national mandates, Provincial Growth and Development Strategies<br />

have a crucial role to play in giving effect to Government’s concept of a Developmental state, through:<br />

• Growth and Economy<br />

• Reducing unemployment<br />

• Eradicating Poverty<br />

• Ensuring greater Social Inclusion and Cohesion<br />

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