“eliminating skewed participation in the sector a challenge for everyone”

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

“Eliminating skewed participation in the sector a challenge for everyone”

Mkhululi MankazanaChief Director: Sector Services

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Young Professional Development Programme

Basis

Skewed enrolments of students in Agriculture

Poor graduate throughput rate of graduates in Agriculture

Questionable capacity of South African Higher Education Institutions to generate the desired human resources needs of the country.

Demand for critical and scarce skills in agriculture

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Drivers for skills demand in the sector

The land reform programme (redistribution of 30% of the Agricultural land)

The AgriBEE (sector transformation charter) The National Medium Term Investment Programme that

advocates for an increase investment in Agriculture to 10% of the GDP

The sector plan calls for an increase in investment in Research, Training and Extension to 3% of the GDP

The Accelerated and Share Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA) calls for:

• Double the area under irrigation through the establishment of new and rehabilitation of existing ones

• Livestock development (massification)• Biofuels• Land rehabilitation and development of agricultural corridors.

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Known and needed skills in the short term

The extension recovery plan calls for recruitment of 5000 professionals in the next 5 years

It is estimated that the transformation of colleges will need well trained technicians and academics to the tune of 300 professionals in the next 2 years

The Bio Security Programme of DoA and the Agricultural Research Council in general need immediate attention

Others

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The realties The sector employs between 33 000 and 42 000 people

with intermediate to high levels skills

Our institutions of higher learning have produce on average of 2400 graduates from 2000-04 onwards

This represents between 6.1% and 7.7% replacement demand

The question is it adequate? The more significant question are these graduates relevant to the needs of the sector

The answer is that majority are irrelevant particularly for the agriculture public sector

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Present Dilemmas using 2004 scenario

The former Technikons produce more diploma graduate than the colleges of agriculture combined

A total of 2273 were produced in 2004 and only 8.7% and 1.5% were masters and doctorate graduates.

1437

613

19033

Diploma First Degree MastersDegree

Doctorates

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Racial breakdown of the 2004 graduates

1552

67 19

764

Africans Coloureds Indians Whites

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Graduation Trends by gender in 2004

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Conventional Universities Universities ofTechnology

Colleges of Agriculture

Females

Males

There is still strong dominance of male graduates although the Universities of Technology have produced more females.

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Racial breakdown of enrolments within the scarce skills categories

1729 27

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BVSC BSC Agric Engineering BSC Viticulture

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Whites

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Gender breakdown on enrolments within the scarce skills categories

66

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95

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BVSC BSC AgricEngineering

BSC Viticulture

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Racial breakdown of graduates within scarce skills categories: 2004

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BVSC BSC AgricEngineering

BSC Viticulture

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Gender breakdown of graduates within the scarce skills categories

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BVSC BSC Agric Engineering BSC Viticulture

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Males

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What are doing?

We have a set of strategies and schemes and these are:- Agricultural Education and Training strategy- Agricultural Research and Development strategy- The Norms and Standards for extension and advisory

services- The Norms and Standards for Agricultural Training Institutes

(Colleges of Agriculture) under development- The External Bursary Scheme- The Internal Bursary Scheme- The Experiential, Internship and Professional Development

Programme Policy and Schemes- The International Training Programme Policy- The International Training strategy

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How prospective learners can benefit

School going learnerUndergraduate

Graduate and Postgraduate Entrepreneur

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Products and Services Products and Services Products and Services

• Career awareness

• A comprehensive external bursary scheme to cover:

- Learners requirements

- Monthly stipend etc

• Experiential Training

• Support if required

• A comprehensive bursary scheme

• Internship support

• Enrolment to the Professional Development Programme to encourage postgraduate arrangement

• The PDP get a higher allowance

• Information on business opportunities

• Enrolment to the Agri Industry Development Programme

• Industry placement and provision of placement allowances

• Currently influencing the SMME strategy to offer products targeting young people

The details will be provided by my colleagues this afternoon.

“eliminating skewed participation in the sector a challenge for everyone”

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