IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION WHITE PAPER 6

1. IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION WHITE PAPER 6 Portfolio Committee on Basic Education 26 February 2013 Presentation: Department of Basic Education

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS • 2013 – The year of Inclusive Education • Recap on DBE’s and PEDs’ roles and responsibilities • What has thus far been achieved? • What has not been achieved? – recap • Implementation plan to close gaps

3. 2013 DECLARED THE YEAR OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

4. 2013: YEAR OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION • In December 2012 Ministerdeclared 2013 the year of Inclusive Education • Key Implications: • 2013 is the year of consolidating and institutionalizing allsystems for implementing Inclusive Education on full scale • Inclusivity to be mandatory and find expression across programmes and levels of the system • Inclusive Education policy implementation to be prioritised and adequately resourced both through funding and human resource provisioning across to levels up to the classroom

5. RECAP ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DBE AND PEDS

6. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DBE AND PEDS

7. WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED POST REPORTING IN 2012?

8. WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED? • 2013 declared by Minister as year of inclusive education • Major Implication: all key systems promoting implementation of IE policy to be in place in 2013/14 • Presentation of the report at Senior Management, MMM, HEDCOM and CEM • Two-Day Indaba held in EC on Inclusive Education and Special Schools late 2012 • Special Inter-Provincial integrated planning meeting held in January 2013 on Inclusive Education • In February 2013 discussion held to plan a roadmap on the development of Funding Norms for an inclusive system • R28m secured for Brailling master copies of 118 titles for schools for the Blind

9. WHAT HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED?

10. WHAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BY PEDS? • EC, GP, LP, MP and NC have never appropriated funding for the Expansion of Inclusive Education Programme resulting to serious backlogs in the implementation of the policy • Implementing the Funding Principles as provided by DBE resulting in glaring disparities in resourcing Inclusive Education • Recognising Inclusive Education as one of key national priorities • Following guidelines for developing a Business Plan for the Expansion of Inclusive Education • Distinguishing between Special Needs Education and Inclusive Education • Ensuring DBSTs are established as multi-disciplinary teams

11. WHAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BY DBE? • Not using the opportunity Treasury provided to influence budget structure review to include Expansion of Inclusive Education • Strengthening inter-departmental cooperation and stakeholder engagement for inclusion • Development of a curriculum for moderately and severely intellectually disabled learners • Development of guidelines for funding an inclusive system • Development of guidelines for human resource provisioning for an inclusive system • Timeous provision of Braille workbooks and textbooks

12. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO CLOSE GAPS

13. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO CLOSE GAPS

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17. THANK YOU