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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 />

<br />

Schools<br />

programme:<br />

<br />

Schools<br />

programme:<br />

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the <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> I know, the home I understand

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