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Provincial Presence and Performance (continued)<br />
Table 12: Other forms of skills development support implemented in the province (2.1, 2.2, 2.5 and 3.2)<br />
Programme Target Achieved Black Female Disabled<br />
Support for small-levy paying<br />
organisations<br />
70 39 N/A N/A N/A<br />
Training of SDFs/Sector Specialists 89 201 195 134 -<br />
Equity<br />
Graduations<br />
One of the highlights in the province was the graduations held<br />
in the following programmes; Early Childhood Development L4,<br />
ECD L5, Development Practice L5 and ABET Practitioner L4. Most<br />
of these learners have since been employed permanently by the<br />
DBE in the Eastern Cape. Some of the ECD L5 graduates went<br />
on to register with Rhodes University and the University of Fort<br />
Hare for their BEd degrees in Foundational Phase as part of their<br />
further development.<br />
Challenges<br />
One of the biggest challenges experienced was the recruitment<br />
of disabled learners. In most cases, employers indicated that they<br />
were unable to recruit disabled learners to participate in the<br />
<strong>ETDP</strong> SETA funded programmes. An effort is being made to<br />
approach organisations that are supporting people with disabilities<br />
to provide a list of potential learners for the new financial year.<br />
Future Plans<br />
The province intends to intensify its working relationships with all<br />
stakeholders and constituencies. Plans for the new financial year<br />
are under way and constituencies have already been consulted.<br />
Free State Province<br />
The Free State provincial team has very close relationships with<br />
key stakeholders in the province. These include the DBE, the<br />
Premiers Office, the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the<br />
FETs, other SETAs and the constituency forums. The <strong>ETDP</strong> SETA<br />
participates in the provincial SDF and on the DBE provincial and<br />
regional committees. The province has included the following<br />
constituencies in its implementation for the financial year: DBE,<br />
FET colleges, HEIs, NGOs, ECDs, independent schools, private<br />
providers and organisations representing the disabled. Highlights<br />
for the year include: the inclusion of 61 disabled learners in an<br />
Information Communication Technology (ICT) programme, the<br />
piloting of the Vocational Education Orientation Programme<br />
(VEOP) in partnership with the HEI and the FET colleges in the<br />
province and support for private providers to sensitise them to<br />
the changes that are planned with the implementation of the<br />
QCTO.<br />
Achievements<br />
The province implemented a variety of programmes in the<br />
financial year, which are detailed below. Of significance is the<br />
co-ordination of the ECD programmes within the province with<br />
a forum formed with the DBE, the provincial ECD forum and<br />
the SETA being represented to ensure that priorities are jointly<br />
addressed. The SETA facilitated a meeting with the FET colleges<br />
to determine their skills development needs into the future and<br />
to cement the support of the SETA for the FET colleges in the<br />
province. The following programmes were implemented in the<br />
financial year:<br />
Learnerships<br />
Early Childhood Development Learnership<br />
Several programmes were implemented in the province in the<br />
ECD constituency. The DBE applied for funding to implement ECD<br />
Level 5. This was approved and implemented in the south of the<br />
province and in Bloemfontein for 56 learners. ECD matrons were<br />
trained through skills programmes using the voucher system and<br />
ECD learners were included in the recruitment of the ABET Level<br />
4 programme in the Qwa Qwa area.<br />
Occupationally Directed Education and Training<br />
Development Learnership<br />
The province implemented the OD-ETD learnership for 30<br />
learners in the FET Sector. This programme supported FET<br />
lecturers in Sasolburg and Kroonstad.<br />
ABET Level 4 Learnership<br />
The ABET programme continued to support the FET institutions<br />
and HEIs in the province as employers. The institutions were<br />
supported with Level 3 and the support of these learners<br />
continued into ABET Level 4 in the financial year. Further learners<br />
were identified in the ECD constituency and the programme is<br />
running in Welkom, Bloemfontein and Qwa Qwa.<br />
Internships<br />
The Internship Programme was implemented in four FET colleges<br />
and the two Higher Education institutions. For the first time in<br />
the province an NGO was allocated interns in Qwa Qwa. Overall<br />
47 interns were placed and more than 80% were employed on<br />
completion of the programme.<br />
20 <strong>ETDP</strong>•SETA Annual Report 2010/11