intsika yethu local municipality - Provincial Spatial Development plan

Increase graduate output in areas of skills shortages. This must include measure to streamlineSector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), Further Education and Training (FET’s) andother institutions to address existing and forecast skills shortages;Place Further Education and Training colleges at the centre of a popular drive to transfer skills;Encourage government to embark on the re-opening of teacher training colleges within the Districtor where appropriate in IYLM;Revive the role of state owned enterprises in skills development to support the economy;Extend School feeding schemes to all poor primary and high schools, particularly in the remoterural impoverished areas, provision of scholar transport and exemption of school fees to needychildren;Conducting vigorous education and awareness programme to tackle the HIV and AIDS pandemic;Profile new education facilities in the growth points of the IYLM;Engage private sector to be more involved in ABET; andStrengthen safety and security at schools.Judging from the above, it is clear that, lack of facilities and basic services at schools may have significantnegative impact on the development of learners at schools, which could be partly manifest in low passrates. Thus, for these challenges to be adequately addressed there needs to be greater alignment,coordination and support between Local Municipality, District and EC-DoE.Chart 12: Educational levels of over-21 year oldsChart 12 gives the percentage breakdown of the level of education of over 21 year olds. From theinformation we can see that the biggest portion (39%) of over-21 year olds in IYLM have gone only as faras primary school whilst 31% have gone as far as secondary school. 21 % of over 21 year olds have noformal schooling, these individuals together with those who have not completed primary school would beviewed as functionally illiterate (functional literacy in South Africa is often viewed as the ability to read67