part a: strategic overview - Department of Education

SUB-PROGRAMME:
- Purpose SUB-PROGRAMME:
- Purpose Transformational Focus
- SUB-PROGRAMME Transformational Focus 1.5
SUB-PROGRAMME Conditional Grants 1.5
Conditional Grants
Purpose:
Purpose:
To provide for projects under
To programme provide for 1 specified projects under by the
programme department of 1 specified Education by and the
department funded by conditional of Education grants and
funded by conditional grants
Transformational Focus:
Transformational This is addressed under Focus: sub-
This programmes is addressed 2.6 and under 8.2 subprogrammes
2.6 and 8.2
POLICIES AND PRIORITIES
POLICIES AND PRIORITIES
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Purpose: The following are the priorities to
Purpose: This sub-programme aims to The be advanced: following are the priorities to
This provide sub-programme total quality management
aims to be
� Increasing
advanced:
the number of Whole
provide throughout total the quality Department. management School � Increasing Evaluation the number (WSE) of Whole
throughout the Department.
Its purpose is to develop integrated School supervisors Evaluation to correspond (WSE) with the
Its quality purpose management is to develop process integrated supervisors number of schools to correspond in the Province with the
quality systems management to enhance good process number that the sub-programme of schools in the has Province to
systems governance to enhance at all levels good of the that externally the sub-programme evaluate� has to
governance Department in at collaboration all levels of the with externally evaluate�
Department Local, Provincial in collaboration and National with � Adjustment of the equitable share
Local, Governments Provincial as and appropriate. National �for Adjustment the sub-programme of the equitable to cover share all
Governments as appropriate. for the the mandates sub-programme that the sub- to cover all
the programme mandates has that to the deliver subon.�
Transformational Focus:
programme has to deliver on.�
Transformational Total quality management Focus: needs to � Provision of infrastructural needs
Total be approached quality management and implemented needs to for � Provision the full complement of infrastructural (as in needs the
be as an approached integral part and of implemented
strategic for current the full organogram) complement of (as the in staff the at
as management an integral in part the of Department. strategic current Head Office organogram) and aligning of the the staff at
management Quality assurance in the has Department. an overall Head functioning Office of and the aligning District Quality the
Quality effect on assurance the performance has an overall of the functioning Assurance units of the with District that Quality of the
effect system on as the a whole. performance There of must the be Assurance Provincial Directorate� units with that of the
system a developmental as a whole. approach There must to be Provincial Directorate�
a quality developmental assurance approach so that the to
quality deficiencies assurance are remedied so that the through
deficiencies feedback from are evaluations remedied through that are
feedback conducted from and evaluations through a variety that are of
conducted developmental and interventions through a variety that of
developmental will enhance performance interventions of that each
will participant. enhance performance of each
participant.
OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES
OVERVIEW AND CONSTRAINTS
OF CHALLENGES
AND CONSTRAINTS
The critical grants are addressed under subprogrammes
The critical 2.6 grants (SNP) are and addressed 8.2 (HIV/AIDS). under Other subprogrammes
conditional grants 2.6 in (SNP) the Department and 8.2 (HIV/AIDS). are rollovers.
Other
conditional grants in the Department are rollovers.
� Need for integration with IQMS in
particular � Need for and integration overall performance
with IQMS in
particular management and in overall general performance – linking
management WSE, District in Office general evaluation – linking and
WSE, Provincial District Department Office evaluation evaluation� and
Provincial Department evaluation�
� Lack of staffing. Too many posts
are � Lack still of vacant� staffing. Too many posts
are � Grade still vacant� 6 Systematic Evaluation
report � Grade not 6 yet Systematic published� Evaluation
report not yet published�
� Lack of secure office and storage
space � Lack for of secure effective office management and storage of
space quality for assurance� effective management of
quality assurance�
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