Answer to Question #236019 in Management for Cody

Question

Discuss the three main South African Acts that regulate education and training. How can South 

African municipalities use these Acts to ensure skills development of their employees?

Answer 1

South African Schools Act NO. 84 is established by the government of South Africa on 15 November, 1996.

The Act is to create and provide for a uniform system for the organizations, governance and funding of the country's schools. It is structured into seven chapters on the structure of schools, their funding, the organization of the different types of schools and the structure of the educational process. Schools are classified into primary or secondary. Both types of schools are further classified into five and four types, respectively.

Skills development ACT, 1998

To provide an institutional framework to devise and implement national, sector and workplace strategies to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce; to integrate those strategies within the National Qualifications Framework contemplated in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995; to provide for learnerships that lead to recognised occupational qualifications; to provide for the financing of skills development by means of a levy-grant scheme and a National Skills Fund; to provide for and regulate employment services; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

The Education and Training Act 2020:

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The Education and Training Act 2020 aims to give all learners a high-quality, culturally responsive, seamless and inclusive education, from early learning, through schooling, and into tertiary education, vocational training and employment.

Through the Education acts the south African municipalities can ensure that each and every person gets access to quality education through the education and training act 2020.They can also ensure that the schools and technical training institutes get proper funding and access to modern facilities for training to improve the skills of the students through the Skills development ACT.