Work Programme - Statistics South Africa
Work Programme - Statistics South Africa
Work Programme - Statistics South Africa
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2.5 Investing in learning and growth<br />
2.5.1 Investing in human capital<br />
Human capital: <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> is faced with a severe skills shortage, especially in the areas of mathematics and statistics. A<br />
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role in leading the national statistics system. The programme entails a schools outreach programme to create awareness<br />
among children and educators, collaboration initiatives with higher education institutions and an in-house programme to<br />
further develop individual and organisational capability. This work programme prioritises enhancing the capabilities of<br />
staff through a number of initiatives, including an internship programme, an in-house statistical training programme, a<br />
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establishment of a <strong>Statistics</strong> Training Institute (the ISIbalo Institute) that will play an important role in developing statistical<br />
capacity in the country.<br />
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Strategic objective:<br />
Objective statement:<br />
Invest in the learning and growth of the organisation<br />
Improve statistical skills base through a statistical literacy schools programme, partnership with<br />
tertiary institutions and establishing a <strong>Statistics</strong> Training Institute(the ISIbalo Institute)<br />
Baseline: Number of staff members trained: 1 320<br />
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This objective will contribute to improve statistical literacy at school and tertiary level, and<br />
building capacity within Stats SA and the SANSS<br />
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workforce to support an inclusive growth path<br />
Table 1: Strategic plan targets<br />
No.<br />
Audited/actual performance<br />
Estimated<br />
performance<br />
Medium-term targets<br />
Strategic<br />
objective Target 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15<br />
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46. Improve<br />
statistical<br />
literacy in<br />
schools<br />
Training<br />
workshops<br />
Developed and<br />
implemented<br />
Maths4Stats<br />
website.<br />
Launched<br />
Census@<br />
School and<br />
conducted<br />
training in six<br />
provinces.<br />
Conducted<br />
Maths4Stats<br />
workshops in<br />
9 provinces as<br />
scheduled and<br />
maintained the<br />
website.<br />
Conducted<br />
Census@<br />
School and<br />
presented<br />
report at the<br />
ISI conference<br />
in August<br />
2009<br />
Conducted<br />
Maths4Stats<br />
workshops in<br />
6 provinces<br />
as scheduled.<br />
Four provinces<br />
were affected<br />
by the<br />
<br />
strike;<br />
Training<br />
manuals for<br />
Census@<br />
School were<br />
delayed<br />
and results<br />
were not<br />
disseminated<br />
Schools<br />
programme:<br />
<br />
<br />
School<br />
publicity<br />
programme<br />
for Census<br />
2011<br />
Schools<br />
programme:<br />
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Schools<br />
programme:<br />
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Schools<br />
programme:<br />
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the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> I know, the home I understand