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Provincial Presence and Performance (continued)
Table 39: Unemployed learners who entered various learning programmes (4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
Equity
Programme Target Achieved Black Female Disabled
Learnerships 186 211 183 155 -
Skills Programmes 55 55 55 35 -
Internships 22 22 14 17 -
Bursaries 30 30 25 23 -
Workplace Experience 60 60 60 42 -
Table 40: Unemployed learners who completed various learning programmes (4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
Programme Target Achieved Black Female Disabled
Learnerships 148 148 139 - -
Equity
Skills Programmes 8 8 8 - -
Internships 1 1 1 - -
Workplace Experience
(Actual placement)
8 8 6 - -
Challenges
The biggest challenge has been the recruitment of disabled
learners and completion of learning programme. Recruitment
of learners is done by the employers and as such, all the
learners entered into programmes, with the minimum number
of disabled learners are from the employers. An effort is made
where organisations that are supporting people with disabilities
are approached and learners are recruited through these
organisations. One initiative, was working with the disability desk in
the Office of the Premier to recruit learners with disabilities.
Future Plans
The North West provincial team intends intensifying and
strengthening its working relationship with all stakeholders and
constituencies. Plans for the new financial year are underway and
constituencies have already been consulted on the implementation
of the SETA’s Skills Development Programmes. There is a plan to
create more awareness of the SETA programmes in the province.
The SETA is currently in the process of establishing an office in the
province.
Western Cape Province
With a 14% share of South Africa’s GDP, the Western Cape
Province falls in the middle range of the nine provinces. The
population of 4.6 million makes up about 10% of the national
population. Based on GDP, the province is at the top of the
development range together with Gauteng (Department of
Economic Development and Tourism: 2009). Employment
opportunities are skill-biased and the trend shows a decline in
employment for those with tertiary qualifications, while those
without tertiary qualifications are most significantly affected by
unemployment. On the employment side about 25% of workers
have grade 8 or lower, about a third have a matric and of those
with a tertiary qualification, only a third have a degree. This
correlates roughly with the main activities and jobs of the province
in the primary and secondary sectors of the economy.
A range of public sector institutions is responsible for skills
development at different levels. Provincial strategies and priorities
are in place, specifically the Human Resource Development
Strategy, which have identified specific interventions in line with
the priorities identified in the province’s Medium-Term Economic
Development Strategy and implementation has commenced. The
main development areas are biased towards business processing
outsourcing; ICT; oil and gas and tourism. These identified growth
sectors are the main priority for the province as avenues for job
creation and support the educational component of development
for the province.
The ECD and General Education and Training (GET) are
important as they provide the foundation for further skills
development, while HEIs provide skills at the higher level of the
skills spectrum. The particular importance of FET colleges and
SETAs has been highlighted in light of the importance of linking
curricula in FETs and the learnerships and skills plans of SETAs
to the skills requirements of priority sectors in the Mediumterm
Economic Development Strategy. These are aligned to
government’s strategic priorities for the country.
The Western Cape’s contribution is indicated hereunder.
38 ETDP•SETA Annual Report 2010/11