OVERVIEW

Branch Planning, Policy and Strategy

Branch H provides a number of transversal (cross-cutting) content-related services for DHET such as legal services, international relations, career development, open learning and strategic planning.

Branch H comprises the following Chief Directorates (sub-programmes):

• Programme Management
• Chief Directorate: HRD, Planning and Coordination
• Chief Directorate: Planning, Information, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination
• Chief Directorate: International Relations
• Chief Directorate: Legal and Legislative Services
• Chief Directorate: Social Inclusion, Access, Quality and Equity

Chief Directorate: Planning, Policy & Strategy

Purpose
To provide strategic direction in the development and implementation of relevant policies, programmes and projects. 

Chief Directorate: Policy Management and System Planning 

Purpose
To manage the policy and system planning

Directorate: Research Services Monitoring and Evaluation  

Purpose

To provide research services monitoring and evaluation

Directorate: Information Systems Management

Purpose

To provide information systems management

Chief Directorate: International Cooperation and Development 

Purpose

To develop, promote, coordinate and render international relations and access international development resources in supporting the education and training objectives, of the Department.

Purpose

• Directorate: Africa and Middle East
  
• To foster continental and regional collaboration and to develop relations with the Middle East through outreach and an exchange of knowledge, skills and best practices.

Purpose

• Directorate: Global Partnerships
  
• To promote education and training collaboration and leverage resources in order to support a quality and globally competitive higher education and training system.

Chief Directorate: Social Inclusion, Equity, Access and Quality  
Purpose

To manage social inclusion and equity, access and quality

Directorate: National Qualifications Framework

Purpose
To render the national qualifications framework administration 

Directorate: Career Development and Open Learning

Purpose

To provide career development services and open and distance learning

Directorate: Social Inclusion and Equity

Purpose
To provide for social inclusion and equity in higher education and training

Chief Directorate: Legal and Legislative Services
Purpose
To manage an administrative legal and legislative service for the Department and administer legal skills and educational Institution matters with legal implications for the Department. 

Medium Term Strategic Framework Reporting on Outcome 5: A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path

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RESOURCES

DHET Information Standards

Information Systems Coordination 

• Post-School Education and Training Policy 2019
  
• Government gazette general notice on the PSET Infromation Policy 2019
• Call for comments on the Draft Data Dictionaryof Post-School Education and Training, 2019
  
• Amended Section 5.3 and 5.7 of the Published Information Standard (DHET 013): The Standard For the Specifications for Load Files for the Skills Education and Training Management Information System Monitoring Reports (SETMIS-MR)                                                                                       
• Data Dissemination Standard  
• DHET Information Policy for Public Comment
  
• Framework for cooperation in the provision of career development services in South Africa 
  
• Higher Education and Training Information Policy        
  
• Standard for The Publication of The Master List of Education Institutions In The Post-School Sector
  
• Standard for the Publication of the Master List standards         
  
• Standards for the specifications for load files for the TVETMIS
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2010
• Statistics on post-school education and training in South Africa   2011
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2012
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2013
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2014
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2015
  
• Statistics on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Community Education and Training and Private colleges Examinations in South Africa : 2015” 
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2016  
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2017
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2018 
  
• Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa 2019
  
• Call for comments on the draft Post-School education and training Information Policy 2018
• Gazetted General Notice 1 June 2018
  

Legal and Legislative Services

• Communique 1 of 2020
  
• Adult Basic Education and Training Act No. 52 of 2000 (GG21881)       
  
• Application for register as an Educator
  
• Call for comments on the Education Laws Amendment Bill, 4 May 2007          
  
• Employment of Educators Act Regulations for creation of educator posts in Provincial Department of Education (Notice R1676)           
  
• FET Act Regulations to provide for the establishment, composition and funding of National Board for FET (Notice 1043)
  
• FET Colleges Amendment Bill 2012 and the Higher Education and Training Bill 2012, Call for Comments, 20 Mar 2012
  
• Further Education and Training Colleges Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 3 of 2012)   
  
• Higher Education Act Termination of Provisioning of Higher Education by Non-registered Private Higher Education Act Termination of Provisioning of Higher Education by Non-registered Private Higher Education Institutions
  
• National Policy on Religion in Education (GG25459, Notice 1307) Amended   
  
• National Student Financial Aid Scheme Act No. 56 of 1999 (GG20652) Amended
  
• Regulations to provide for establishment of National Education and Training Council (GG20044, Notice R587) Amended
  
• South African Council for Educators Act No. 31 of 2000 (GG21431) Amended
  
• South African Qualifications Authority Act No. 58 of 1995- Amended
  

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination

• Constitution of the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) Resolution No.3 of 1999
  
• Constitution of the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) Resolution No.6 of 2000
  
• DHET Service Delivery Improvement Plan 2013-14
  
• Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) - policy handbook for educators
  
• Government Gazette No. 38752 Framework for the Annual Report on Skills Supply and Demand in South Africa
  
• Report on Skills Supply and demand in South Africa
  
• Modelling future demand and supply of skills in South Africa
• The 6th Annual DHET Research Colloquium on the 4IR_Implications for PSET

Research Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Evaluation of the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership Project
  
• Planning with purpose The use of Labour Market Intelligence for Skills Planning in South Africa
  
• Call for comments on the national scarce Skills List Top 100 occupations in Demand
  
• FACT SHEET ON NEETS (Persons who are not in employment, education or training)
  

System Monitoring & Labour Market Intelligence

• Post-School Education and Training Monitor - Macro-Indicator Trends - March 2021
  
• Fact Sheet -  Access to Tertiary Education - Country Comparison using Gross Enrolment Ratio - March 2021
  
• Fact Sheet - 2020 Global Competitiveness- South Africa’s Performance on the Path to Recovery - March 2021
  
• Funding and Expenditure Trends in Post-School Education and Training - March 2021
  
• Fact Sheet on the Highest Level of Education Attainment in South Africa - March 2021
  
• Fact Sheet on Gender Parity in Post-School Education and Training Opportunities - March 2021
  
• Fact Sheet on Adult illiteracy in South Africa - March 2021 
  
• Fact Sheet on NEET - 2021
  
• Fact Sheet on Throughput Rates for TVET College Students(NCV) - 2021
  
• SETA interview report on Skills Development 2020 
  
• Are we producing enough Doctoral Graduates in our universities?
  
• Fact sheet on foreign students in post-school and training institutions in South Africa
  
• Gender fact sheet for the Post School Education and Training System
  
• Fact Sheet on "NEETs" 2019(Persons who are not in employment, education or training)
  
• Skill Planning for the Post-School Education and Training System : Update 2018
  
• 2018 Global Competitiness Fact Sheet 
  
• PSET Monitor Report - Macro-Indicator Trends
  
• Report on Skills Supply and Demand in South Africa
  
• Report on Skills Supply and Demand in South Africa 2020
  
• Fact Sheet on  “NEETs”: 2018
• Occupations in High Demand (OHD) in South Africa: A Technical Report
  
• Infographic on Investment Trends in Post - School Education and Training: 2018 Publication
  
• Fact sheet on NEETs
  
• Investment Trends in Post-School Education and Training in South Africa
  
• National list of occupations in high demand : 2018
  

Social Inclusion and Equity

• Policy Framework to Address Gender-Based Violence in the Post-School Education and Training System
  
• The calender of significant days for the PSET system
• General notice
  
• Draft Disability Policy Framework for PSET- Gazette no: 40428, Notice no: 1410
• Gazetted Policy Framework for the Realisation of Social Inclusion in PSET No 40496 Notice no 1560
  

Programme Management

National Qualifications Framework

• Joint Communique 1 of 2016 - The registration and accreditation of Private Education and Training providers offering qualificaions and part-qualifications on the occupational qualifications sub-framework
  
• Infographic on standardisation of national examinations results
  
• Southern African Development Community(SADC) Article: Building trust for better movement across SADC: August 2018 update on the SADC Qualifications

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CONTACT

Branch Coordinator