Portfolio Committee on Education

19 October 2007

Kha ri gude Mass Literacy Campaign

and ABET

The Campaign target

To reach 4.7 million adults who are illiterate by the end of 2012

To meet Dakar 2000 promise to reduce illiteracy by at least 50% by 2015

To have UNESCO declare South Africa a territory free of illiteracy

What the campaign is about

A single integrated mass campaign aimed at reaching illiterate people, wherever they are;

Supported by the full range of government departments and initiatives;

All sectors participating - religious bodies, business organisations, traditional leaders and non-governmental organisations

A literacy campaign linked to national and international policies and initiatives

The Dakar EFA goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative - South

Africa (AsgiSA) The Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) National Youth Service The social grant programme The FIFA 2010 World Football Cup The Community Development Workers programme

(CDW)

Elements of the Plan Rationale and operational principles Learning outcomes to be achieved (in all languages) Detailed strategy on structures and processes for

• Governance, organisational matters and financial management

• Curriculum, materials, advocacy and educator training• Monitoring, evaluation and research

Gear up requirements including proposal for IMC Targeting of learners, including access to the

disabled and women Ensure youth participation in implementation and as

beneficiaries Mobilisation of other partners and civil society

Organisational set-up

Materials Development (all

languages)

Volunteer Educator Training

Identify Pilot Sites

Implementation of Literacy Campaign

2008 – Selected sites

Limited learner numbers

To reach 3.22 million by 2011

Mop up (another 1.48 million)

UNESCO review

Continuing adult education

programmes through

Department

Phase 1 (2007)

Phase 2 2008 – 2010

Phase 3 2011 – 2012

Present Illiteracy Free

Plan phases in the eradication of illiteracy

Continuous Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

Organisational structuresPrinciples

Overseen by Inter-Ministerial Committee Firmly located within the public service as defined in the Public

Service Act Sufficiently autonomous from departmental line functions to allow

for speedy and flexible implementation Focused exclusively on the campaign Possible mechanisms

Section 21 Company (like NSFAS)Easy to establish; requires Cabinet approval. Relatively autonomous Use of NGO through TenderFeasible; could attract NGO consortium or private company; would require tight control of contracted agencies HE institutionHas been used before but capacity to deliver would need to be determined given scale and nature of plan

Proposed budget by years

8506,145Total40620129842011

1,58520104801,54520093501,536200820892007

MTEF 2007/09Total (with inflation)

AllocatedProposed in Ministerial Committe on Literacy Report

Year

Rands (millions)

Service by and to youth

Youth to play a prime role in the campaign as trained volunteers, in specially organised youth literacy brigades, in learnerships, and, in the mobilization of illiterate youth, as learners.

Unemployed youth serving as tutors will receive a small stipend.

Youth opportunities via the campaign

As volunteers As part of National Youth Service Through ABET practitioner learnerships Encouraged or assisted to enter formal

teacher training after the campaign Trainees in community development

programmes

Progress to date

Cabinet approval of Implementation Plan – 23 August 2007

Sustaining learning for Kha ri gude graduates – Minister has established a committee to draft a Green Paper on Adult Education and Training (AET)

Presentation to other partners including Social Development (05 October 2007)

Presentation to Social Cluster Minister of Correctional Services – requested pilot with

Offenders in Rehabilitation Centres

Progress on materials development

Eight themes identified (along LO themes). 20 sets of lessons in 11 languages developed

to date. (220 lessons) Braille specialist secured and is part of writing

process. In process of securing sign language specialist

Artwork and design looked at as part of development process

Procurement of easy readers is underway Team exploring the possibility of using audio and

video support

Key tasks for next month

Continue with writing process Finalise recommendation for an

appropriate institutional form including how we complement existing provincial initiatives

Setting up of expanded advisory committee

Identifying sites for delivery in 2008

Nature of partnerships

Assistance with identification of learning sites Assistance with identification of potential

learners Assistance with enriching materials

development process (forms and relevant documents for translation into indigenous languages

Assistance with identification/development of easy readers for adults

Rationale for Revamping AET

Challenges Conceptual

Narrow conceptualisation of basic education Unresponsive curriculum (formal vs non formal)

Funding Implementation

Night school syndrome and participation rates Educator conditions of service

Monitoring and evaluation

Green Paper process

Committee set up to advise on a revamped AET system

Committee to advise on what SA must respond to in terms of adul education what the agenda of adult education should be who must get adult education what programmes and what methods how teachers should be developed and renumerated what institutions for AE how to deal with language what governance structures who funds what role of intellectual capacity

Forward to an illiteracy freeSouth Africa

Khari gude - Masifunde Thank you