National Education Policy Act: National Education ...

1 ~cv\~..~~~~~\AngeliaMatsieMotshekga,~ , ,AngelinaMatsie"Angie"Motshekga,Minister ofBasicEducation,afterconsultationwithth eCouncilofEducationMinistersandintermsof section3(4)(a)oftheNationalEducationPoli cyAct,1996( ),asreadwithsection59oftheSouthAfricanSc hoolsAct,1996( ) , relatestoFETandABETit willbetheresponsibilityoftheMinisterofHi gherEducationandTraining;andwhereeverit relatestoschoolsit ,MPMinisterofBasicEducationDate: DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009)forpubliccommentPage:1of7 STAATSKOERANT, ,BonginkosiEmmanualNzimande,MinisterofHi gherEducationandTraining,afterconsultati onwiththeCouncilofEducationMinistersandi ntermsofsection3(4)(a)oftheNationalEduca tionPolicyAct,1996( ),asreadwithsection35oftheAdultBasicEduc ationandTrainingCollegesAct,2006( )andsection45oftheFurtherEducationandTra iningCollegesAct16of2006, , relatestoFETandABETit willbetheresponsibilityoftheMinisterofHi gherEducationandTraining;andwhereeveritr elatestoschoolsit ,MPMinisterofHigherEducationandTrainingD ate: DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009)forpubliccommentPage , (xi)ofthefollowing:" " "educationinformationofficer"for"EMIS officer"whereverit herebyamendedbythesubstitutionof"Further EducationandTrainingAct,1998(Act98of1998 )"for"FurtherEducationandTrainingCollege sAct16of2006"whereverit herebyamendedbytheinsertionafterparagrap h30 district, ,butinparticulartheDepartmentofEducation ,inaccordancewithestablishedinformationr eportingcycie, !

2 ,apartfromtheheadofthedistrict,alsoknown astheinformationofficerintermsofthePromo tionofAccesstoInformationAct, DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009)forpubliccommentPage.'3of7 STAATSKOERANT, ,reporton, ,provincialEMIS officers,andthenationalEMIS officerdesignatedintermsofparagraph29, : Ensuringthata businessprocessisdevelopedandadheredtodu ringdataprocessingandmigrationbetweensys temsanddataisconsistentacrosssystems;and Establishingeffectiveandrigorousdataveri fication,datacapturinganddatahandlingmet hodologyandsign-offprocedurestoensurecle an,accurate,reliable, , ,butinparticulartheDepartmentofEducation ,inaccordancewithestablishedinformationr eportingcycle, ,apartfromtheheadoftheinstitution,alsokn ownastheinformationofficerintermsofthePr omotionofAccessto DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009) ,7 JANUARY2010 AmendmentstotheEducationInformationPolic yInformationAct, ,reporton, ,districtEMIS officers,provincialEMIS officers,andthenationalEMIS officerdesignatedintermsofparagraph29, ' : Ensuringthata businessprocessisdevelopedandadheredtodu ringdataprocessingandmigrationbetweensys temsanddataisconsistentacrosssystems.

3 And Establishingeffectiveandrigorousrecordke eping,dataverification,datacapturingandd atahandlingmethodologyandsign-offprocedu restoensureclean,accurate,reliable, thePolicyThePolicyis herebyamendedbythesubstitutionfor"Diagra m2:DECISION-MAKINGLANDSCAPESUGGESTEDBYTH EPOLICY"ofthefollowing:"DIAGRAM2:DECISIO N-MAKINGLANDSCAPE DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009)forpubliccommentPage5of7 Amen[:====M==i=n=i::;::S=t=e=r======'SIP olicy~IICouncilofMinisters(f)~~'"omJJ~Z_ -I-.,JL~ZC~JJmI\)o--'ozowI\)CJ:)(J1CJ:)P rovincialEMISH eadsFinancialandFiscalCommission,,[Stati sticsSA]~(Otherstakeholders]TechnicalCom mittee:HEDCOMSub-CommitteeIIHEDCOMe:6of7 InstitutionEMISO fficer11 DistrictEMIS officerIIDirector-GeneraliEducationInfor mationStandards~Committee,~'-1C~' [)--CO-M-~TechnicalI~Sub----;~CommitteeC ommitteef--------.~\~/EMISl----/-~""[ ,Representation/----~-">Ioforganizedteac hingprofessionNationalEMISO fficerProvincialE;;;~Officer~~<(SAQA)<(S ACE)<(DPSA)~(StatisticsSA).]]

4 ,:()<ITIndustryDepartmentof)<Communicati onOtherStakeholders-E-- Oepa"mento(Edocatino(Ve"ion29 Joty2009)(",pobt" " , ofthefollowing:SITASACEDPSAITRIEPHSRCHED COMS tateInformationTechnologyAgencySouthAfri canCouncilforEducatorsDepartmentofPublic ServiceAdministrationInformationTechnolo gyResearchInstituteforEducationPlanningH umanScienceResourceCouncilHeadofEducatio nDepartmentsCommittee DepartmentofEducation(Version29 July2009)forpubliccommentPage:7of7)