ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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2014/15 Annual Report
The Department of Higher Education and Training, as at 31 March 2015 had a total of 1 235 posts on the
Internship programme provided access to 7% more Interns than the national target of 3%. Graduates and the
134 and 29 respectively.
function shift (migration process), provision of suitable human resource capacity to support a high performing
Department, management of innovative service delivery of the Department, contributing to improved corporate
governance through effective management, including performance management of allocated human and related
effective implementation and support to the Department.
and processes being a priority in ensuring fair, consistent and transparent management of employee performance
and development. Work is currently being done to develop a Performance Management Toolkit in ensuring that
all the Department staff understand expectations and processes pertaining to performance management and
enable effective management of this critical HR process.
conducted for 86 and 678 employees respectively. In addition a total of 164 employees participated in the HIV
the Department, resulting in capacity gaps not being addressed. The recently approved Organogram has a total
in turn resulting in a greater gap in skilled resources.
it could lead to the total collapse of the administration system in the Department.
and labour relations issues from TVET Colleges accordingly being managed by the Corporate HR Team.
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