117859 GDE APP 201920 6th proof 26 July

B7. Programme 7: Examination and Education Related Services

Programme purpose

• To provide the education institutions with training and support. • To provide employee HRD in accordance with the Skills Development Act.

• To provide educators and learners in schools with departmentally managed support services. • To provide for special departmentally managed intervention projects in the education system. • To provide for departmentally managed examination services. • To provide for projects specified by the Department of Education that is applicable to more than one programme and funded with conditional grants.

Sub- programmes

7.1 Payments to SETA

In compliance to the Skills Development Act, the Department transfers payments to different Sector Education Training Authorities (SETAs) for Skills Levies in support of the Master Skills Plan.

7.2 Professional Services

Psychological services include counselling offered by district-based counsellors and support personnel promoting inclusive education or supporting LSEN in ordinary schools, services offered from a teacher centre or a resource centre, and district-based learner assessment services. These are all support services under the Departments strategy of Early Identification of Learning Barriers which include; Support by District-Based Support Teams (DBST’s) who are trained and skilled to screen all learners in terms of SIAS (Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support), identifying learners in need of alternative placement and finding appropriate placement for them and the implementation of individualised learning programmes and review of progress. Other professional services include collaboration with the Department of Health (DoH) in the form of school visits by health professionals to conduct health assessment of learners as well as collaboration with different professional bodies e.g. Autism South Africa, Association of the Blind people etc.

7.2.1 Professional Services-POS

Professional services for Public Ordinary Schools encompasses all professional services from curriculum delivery and support services to institutional support services.

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