Answer to Question #236555 in English for John

Question

Evaluate the role technology plays in incorporating school tasks into south African school administration and management system(SA-SAMS)? 20marks

Answer 1

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) had a roundtable discussion with the Committee on indicators and targets for PED Annual Performance Plans (APP). The Auditor General had raised a concern that certain indicators in the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework were not indicated in the 2017/18 DBE and PED Annual Performance Plans and thus posed a risk towards the achievement of MTSF targets. The Free State province was not part of the roundtable discussion and no document was provided either. In the discussion, Members asked DBE:

• How DBE assesses a school manager needs support if the principal does not sign the performance agreement? What are the contents of the performance agreement?

• What is the proportion of principals who have signed performance agreements?

• Do the agreements have a requirement for attendance of teachers and principals at the school?

• What is the tool or process DBE uses to measure if teachers have the required content knowledge??

• What does the DBE do if the Province does not do what it is required to do?

• Does DBE know that there are still Funza Lushaka graduates that have not been placed and does DBE help place the graduates in other provinces?

• What is the number of learners with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability (C/LSPID) with access to therapeutic and psycho-social support services to enable them to improve their participation in learning?

• What is the effectiveness of the tools used to assess District Officials, principals and circuit managers?

• How does DBE coordinate its activities to ensure that the sector can be seen as one?

• How does the sector ensure that planners are empowered as well as those that are monitoring?