Umalusi’s budget review presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education

1. Umalusi’s budget review presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education 8 July 2014 Cape Town

2. Umalusi mandate • Vision, mission, goals and KRA’s • 2013/14 Revenue & Expenditure • 2014/15 Budget • Three Year Budget Forecast • Conclusion • Overview

3. As a Quality Council to develop and manage a sub-framework of qualifications for general and further education and training; • To develop and quality assure qualifications and curriculum; • To quality assure assessments at exit points; • To certificate learner achievements; • To quality assure provision and accredit private providers of education and training, and assessment; • To conduct research related to the sub-framework; and • To advise the Minister on matters related to the sub-framework • Umalusi Mandate 2013/14

4. Umalusi Council is the cornerstone on which the country’s educational aspirations and standards are anchored and built; and as such the Council and staff are committed to ongoing improvement in standards and quality in general and further education and training. In order to issue learners with credible certificates, Umalusi, through its leadership and expert knowledge, develops and secures standards through: • quality assuring qualifications and curricula, • confirming that assessment is fair, valid and reliable, • quality assuring the provision of education and training, and assessment providers, and • grounding its work in research to ensure informed positions and approaches • Vision & Mission

5. Promote quality and internationally comparative standards in GFET • Maintain and improve educational standards through development and evaluation of qualifications and curriculum, quality assurance of assessment, and accreditation of providers of education, training and assessment, • Continuously develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in mandated areas through rigorous research, • Report on the quality of education and training in GFET within the mandate, • Issue appropriate and credible certificates of learner achievement in terms of specific qualifications on the GFET Framework of Qualifications, • Provide reliable and credible leadership and guidance in standard setting and quality assurance, • Ensure the financial efficiency and sustainability of the organisation, and • Determine expectations and appropriately respond to these within the parameters of Umalusi’s mandate. • Goals

6. Establishing and maintaining a system to develop, evaluate and certify qualifications (and curriculum) • Improving and maintaining the system for quality assuring assessment for certification • Establishing and implementing a system for evaluation and accreditation of private providers – schools, colleges and adult learning centres as well as private assessment bodies • Researching, matters related to the sub-framework of qualifications and report ing on quality in general and further education and training supported by statistical analysis • Developing and ensuring good corporate governance andmanagement of the office of the Chief Executive Officer • Ensuring that Information Technology systems are established, maintained and improved • Ensuring that finance, human resources and administrative support systems are maintained and improved • 7 Key Result Areas

7. Unaudited Statement of Financial Performance as at 31 March 2014 • Net surplus of R 19 099 301 • 109% of Budgeted Revenue from operations recognized due to certification income from previous year and increase in interest income • 100% Grant from the Department of Basic Education received with thanks • 92% of the budgeted expenses incurred with vacancy rate at 9%and rollout of full accreditation of private providers only in full swing in 2014/15 • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

8. Unaudited Statement of Financial Position, Cash flow, Debtors and Investments • Total Assets valued at R 88 959 125 • 94% of invoiced debts collected to date • Cash available at the end of the period amounted to R 5 130 374 • Investments R 41 604 663, attracting net interest of 5.71% p.a. from Reserve Bank CPD • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (2)

9. Comparative total expenditure vs 3 year average

10. 2013/14 Revenue Budget vs Actual

11. 2013/14 Expenditure Budget vs Actual (Current)

12. Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2014

13. Budget for 2014/15

14. Budget for 2014/15

15. Qualifications, Curriculum & Certification

16. Quality Assurance of Assessments

17. Evaluation and Accreditation

18. Statistical Information and Research

19. Public Relations & Communications

20. Governance and Office of the Chief Executive Officer

21. Corporate Services: Information Technology

22. Corporate Services: Finance and Supply Chain Management

23. Corporate Services: Human Resource Management and Development

24. Total Income 2000/1 (actual) to 2016/17 (budget)

25. 3 Year Budget Forecast

26. White paper on post school education and its implications on Umalusi • Strengthening of the marking process • The proposed amendments and extension of the Senior Certificate • Development of certification systems for new qualifications • Challenges

27. Thanks to Ms N Gina, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee, and Honorable members for this opportunity to present Umalusi’s budget review. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to former members of this committee, the Minister of Basic Education and the Department for its support in ensuring that the grant awarded to Umalusi is improved so that our mandate of quality assuring standards is achieved in South Africa, despite the ever increasing escalation in administrative and travel costs. We look forward to working with this new Portfolio Committee on Basic Education under the leadership of Ms Gina. Dr MS Rakometsi • THANK YOU