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Statement: National Skills Conference and Awards 2017

MEDIA STATEMENT

THE NATIONAL SKILLS AUTHORITY HOSTS A SUCCESSFULTWO DAY NATIONAL SKILLS CONFERENCE

24 March 2017

The National Skills Authority (NSA), together with the Department of Higher Education and Training had a successful National Skills Conference which took place at Saint George Hotel, Irene in Pretoria.

The conference, attended by the Deputy President, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa and the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande on the second day, was made up of delegates who represented amongst others government, organised business, organised labour, community, training providers, Human Resource Development Council South Africa, Quality Councils, Sector Education and Training Authorities, Universities, Provincial Skills Development Forums and  Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

Introducing the Deputy President, the Minister of Higher Education and Training thanked the National Skills Authority and the delegates of their continued commitment in making sure the solutions are sought for the country’s skills development challenges.

“At its essence, the National Skills Conference is about the future of our country. It is about the skills and the capabilities that will enable our young people to build a prosperous, equitable and just society. It is mainly about ending the cycle of poverty” said the Deputy President.

The Deputy President applauded the conference for putting skills development at the centre of the country’s national agenda. He highlighted that he subscribed to the notion of the conference theme since it squarely aligns itself with the spirit of the National Development plan 2030 that we should “Build a strong relationship between the college sector and industry. He also encouraged cooperation as necessary between managers of institution and students, between educational institutions and employers, between universities and TVET Colleges.

“Gathered here today are South Africans from all corners of our land, people with different backgrounds, different responsibilities, different perspectives, but who share a common vision of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous society”, he said in closing and encouraged a patriotic South Africa where we work together to find solutions to our challenges, where dialogue, reason and consensus triumph over insults, violence and intimidation.

It was also the presentations that were given on the first day of the conference that really allowed the conference to engage on a variety of matters around skills development challenges in the country.

These presentations allowed a platform for a question and answer session and really set a tone for the discussions during the breakaway commissions which engaged in a quest to find and propose solutions in the ongoing challenges our country is experiencing regards skills development.

The following are the outcomes and proposals of the commissions during the conference:

  • Improve skills planning and forecasting
  • Strengthen governance of SETAs and ensure legislative alignment and separation of powers
  • Develop an NSDS monitoring and evaluation framework
  • Strengthen the NSA oversight role to monitor the implementation of the NSDS
  • Post 2020 NSDS to focus on long term planning, ensure integration of NSDS to key national strategies e.g HRDSA, NDP
  • Regulate and develop a WPBL policy (including articulation, funding for WBPL, standardisation of stipends, roles and responsibilities employers and labour etc)
  • Prioritise lecturer development for TVET colleges
  • Investigate the effectiveness and employability/destination of TVET programmes
  • Strengthen the involvement of community colleges in the post-school education and training system
  • Ensure skills transfer
  • Acceleration of Recognition of Prior Learning programmes and consideration of E-learning
  • The need for NSA visibility and provincial footprints (Consultation with Provinces on scarce skills)
  • Strengthen the capacity of the QCTO (financial, human, etc)
  • Constituencies pledged their support towards the implementation of the NSDS and post-school education system

There was also the NSA Awards ceremony which took place on 23 March 2017. The aim of the NSA Awards ceremony was to celebrate excellence by recognising best skills development practices across all skills development implementers and National Skills Funded Projects in various categories. The NSA Chairperson, Ms Lulama Nare said the NSA Awards Ceremony recognises the good work done by men and women of our beautiful country charged also with the responsibility of developing our people with requisite skills for the socio-economic upliftment and inclusive growth path.

The winners were as follows:

NSDS Goal Category Recipient Name of Company
Goal 4.2

Increasing access to

occupationally‐directed

programmes

 

Best Artisan Development Programme

 

 

Best Large company Bronze ( Position 3) Sibanye Gold

Silver   (Position 2) Anglo American

Gold  (Position 1) Algoa Bus Company

 
Best Provincial Department Silver   (Position 2 KZN Department of Transport

Gold  (Position 1) Gauteng City Region Academy (GCRA)

Best Municipality Bronze Ugu District Municipality

 

Best Small (SMME) Bronze ( Position 3) SSACI

Silver   (Position 2) Aranda Textiles Mills

Gold  (Position 1) Novus Academy

Best TVET College Bronze ( Position 3) West Coast TVET College

Silver   (Position 2) Lephalale TVET College

Gold  (Position 1) Umfolozi TVET College

Best private college Colliery Training College
Goal 4.3

Promoting the growth of a

public TVET College system

that is responsive to sector, local, regional and national skills needs and priorities

Best TVET placement programme

 

Best Large company Boxer Superstores
Best Small (SMME) Bronze ( Position 3) IK Training and Assessment

Silver   (Position 2)  Mareditel

Gold (Position 1) Guest Resources Services

Best TVET College Silver   (Position 2)  Umfolozi TVET College

Gold (Position 1) West Coast TVET College

Best private college Bronze ( Position 3) Aranda Learnership College

Silver   (Position 2) Sparrow FET College

Gold (Position 1)Furniture World Private College

Goal 4.4

Addressing the low level of

youth and adult language

and numeracy skills to

enable additional training

Best AET Programme  
Best Large company Bronze ( Position 3) Kumba Iron Ore

Silver   (Position 2)  Richards Bay Minerals

Gold (Position 1) Sibanye Gold

Best Small (SMME Silver   (Position 2)  Guest Resource Services

Gold (Position 1) Celrose Clothing

Best Provincial Department Silver   (Position 2)  Kwazulu-Natal Department of Human Settlements

Gold (Position 1) Kwazulu-Natal Office of the Premier

Best Skills Programme Best Large company Bronze ( Position 3) Kumba Iron Ore

Silver   (Position 2)  Networx for career development

Gold (Position 1) Sibanye Gold

Best National department Silver   (Position 2) Department of Energy

Gold (Position 1) Correctional Services

Best Small company Bronze ( Position 3) Aranda Textiles Mills

Silver   (Position 2)  Celrose Clothing

Gold (Position 1) Trade call investments

Best TVET college Umfolozi TVET College

 

Best Private College Silver   (Position 2) Furniture World Private College

Gold (Position 1) Colliery Training College

Goal 4.5 Encouraging better use

of workplace-based skills

development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best University Placement

Programme

(WIL)

 
Best Large Bronze ( Position 3) Boxer Superstores

Silver   (Position 2)  AIDC

Gold (Position 1) Sibanye Gold

 

Best Small company Bronze ( Position 3) Specsaver South Africa

Silver   (Position 2)  SABC Group Learning and Development

Gold (Position 1) Celrose Clothing

Best municipality Bronze ( Position 3)

Silver   (Position 2)

Gold (Position 1) Ethekwini Municipal Institute of Learning

Goal 4.6 Encouraging and

supporting cooperatives,

small enterprises,

worker-initiated, NGO and community training initiatives

Best Community project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Best Large company Bronze ( Position 3) Kolomela Iron Ore

Silver   (Position 2)  Siyaloba Training Academy

Gold (Position 1) Bidvest Protea Coin

Best Small Company Marang Incorporated
Best municipality  (Position 1) Ugu District Municipality
Goal 4.7 

Increasing public

Sector capacity for improved service delivery

and supporting the building

of a developmental state

Best Public Sector Internship and learnership programmes
Best National Department Bronze ( Position 3) Department of Energy

Silver   (Position 2)  Department of Science and Technology

Gold (Position 1) Department of Correctional Services

 

Best Provincial Department Bronze ( Position 3) )  KZN department of Transport

Silver   (Position 2 KZN Provincial Treasury

Gold (Position 1) Eastern Cape Department of Roads and Public Works

Best Municipality Bronze ( Position 3)

Silver   (Position 2) 

Gold (Position 1) Pixley ka Seme District municipality

Best Large company Bronze ( Position 3) Unemployment Insurance Fund

Silver   (Position 2)  Kolomela Iron Ore

Gold (Position 1) AIDC

Private College Bronze ( Position 3) Algoa Bus Company

Silver   (Position 2)  Celrose Clothing

Gold (Position 1) SABC Group Learning and Development

Goal 4.8

Building career and vocational guidance

Best career and vocational guidance programme Best career guidance partnership Second Chance Foundation

 

 

 

Enquiries:

Dr Thabo Mashongoane

Director: National Skills Authority Secretariat

Tel: 012 312 5666

E-mail: Mashongoane.T@dhet.gov.za

Issued by the NSA

For more information, please visit the National Skills Authority website:  www.nationalskillsauthority.org.za

 


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