ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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2014/15 Annual Report
International Relations
Legal and Legislative Services
Social Inclusion in Education
5.2.2 Strategic Objectives
Establish and maintain an integrated education and training management information system, linking all
providers of education and training into a single system to provide accurate data on skills supply and
demand in the country.
Establish and maintain a coherent Career Development Service by March 2017.
(COMEDAF), Southern African Development Community (SADC), African Union (AU), United Nations
Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), International Labour Organisation (ILO),
5.2.3 Signicant achievements during the 21415 nancial year
staff and students; and (ii) the Data Dissemination Standard that provides guidelines and procedures on the
and Training sector to the public.
a collaborative effort by the Department and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) aimed at supporting
leadership of the HSRC.
Under Theme 1
) that contains all studies and research completed on the LMIP;
- an architecture for Skills Planning: Lessons and Options for Reform in South Africa; and
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roadmap for the Implementation of a Skills Planning Unit;
high level audit of administrative datasets; and
indicators and data to support Skills Planning in South Africa.
Career development services have been established in the Department and include a National Career
to departments, provinces and institutions. A draft CDS policy has been developed. The Mandela Day Career
Development Festival took place at Sedibeng TVET College, Sebokeng campus and attracted more than 8 000
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