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Article by Manelisi Wolela
Premier Noxolo Kiviet’s Statement on Education Matters in the Province of the Eastern Cape as presented at a media briefing in Bhisho on 23 April 2012
Programme Director, the MEC for Education Mr. Mandla Makupula, DG, Adv. Mannya, executive managers and officials of the provincial administration and media good afternoon. Thank you for your response to our invitation this morning.
I believe we all understand the ruling party declared education as our number one strategic priority and a societal matter. This service is central in developing the human resource we need for development in every sphere of life. There’s universal acceptance that education is the best way of breaking the cycle of poverty and in building a citizenship that is empowered to effectively participate in governance and in their own development.
We have acknowledged on numerous occasions that the delivery of education services in the province has been fraught with challenges over the past 18 years, partly derived from historical factors, and numerous other dynamic contributing factors.
These challenges have resulted in education experiencing the highest leadership turnover, in many instances losing some of our finest leadership at political and administrative levels.
The Executive Council took a decision in 2010 to ensure a turn-around in education in many areas that include the provision of integrated technical and administrative support to the Department of Education led by an interdepartmental team. Over and above that, as part of the Section 100 (1) (b), National Treasury, Departments of Public Services and Administration, and Basic Education are providing ongoing support to the Department.
These interventions have resulted in a number of positive changes, which include the stabilization in scholar transport, school nutrition programme, institutional capacity for effective use of infrastructure budget, as well as in improving the compliance of the Department with policies and prescripts of government.
We also acknowledge that there is still a lot of work to be done to claim that we are getting out of the woods. There are still a lot of challenges affecting delivery of education in the Eastern Cape including a need for a more unified interpretation of the problems and a shared approach to the solution across numerous players who share the passion for the education of our people. An overriding factor we must all internalize is that the mission to educate our nation is a bigger common good to which we should submit and subject ourselves.
This context was part of our discussions with the Head of the Department of Education, Advocate Modidima Mannya, which culminated in a mutual agreement to re-determine his employment contract.
In terms of this re-determination the contract will end on 30 April 2012, while his operational responsibilities as Head of Department will seize with effect from the date of the signing of the agreement that is today – 23 April 2012.
This agreement was reached in the best interest of Education in the Province of the Eastern Cape and is not by any means a pronouncement on the suitability or not of the Head of the Department of Education.
I wish to take this opportunity, also, to express my gratitude, on behalf of the Executive Council, the provincial government and the people of the Eastern Cape, to Advocate Mannya, for his contribution in repositioning the delivery of education services in the Eastern Cape. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
I also wish to thank you all for your presence and contribution in keeping education on the national agenda of development discourse. We trust that we will continue to work together to improve the quality of education in our province.
I thank you.
Noxolo Kiviet
Premier: Province of the Eastern Cape
Article Tags: termination of contract
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Go well Adocate, Go Well you have tried your best but it was just unfortunately. Anyway it seems as if we still going to implement your plans thats Good
I AGREE fully that unions/political groups play an ENORMOUS role in protecting the rights of workers. They are the ones that should be keeping stability in the plant, however for some reason they are doing exactly the opposite. Bringing and chasing people as they please.
After all that is said and done - the only people that truly do get affected are the learners - OUR FUTURE - poor learners that don't even sing, dance or defy leadership, but the one's that suffer the most - NOW ISN'T THAT SELFISH. It's so hard for me to understand, because it is not America, Brazil or Canada's learners that are getting affected, it's our very own children bearing the brunt of selfish actions. OUR VERY VERY OWN.
So all I am asking: DON'T SERVE YOUR OWN SELFISH PURPOSES BEFORE THINKING OF WHO YOU REALLY AFFECTING, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE AFFECTING YOU, CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
Regular consultations and feedback on matters of mutual interest form part of a good rapport with the stakeholders.Whilst the roles of each party are clear cut,the grave mistake on the part of organised labour in education and the accounting officer was the lack of rapport on matters of interest, which in the long run would have benefitted the department and consequently the poor learners of the province.
It is correct not to co-manage, but it very critical to understand the impact and effect of one's management style in any institution.
From the foregoing, it is very obvious where the SG's deliberate lack of judgement and poor timing has misled the education fraternity in the province, not only the department.With courage and oozing with confidence in the press conference, he said " whether i'm right or wrong". Being right or wrong is neither here nor there at this juncture, what matters most is the damage caused during the mudslinging under the pretext of being right.
In the same breath, the total disregard,lack of courtesy and disrespect for others may have led to the stalemate in the department.
As for those who gave him mandate to persecute people and not turn the department around, you have seen it through, but the principle has emerged victorious and triumphant.
.ficer of the poor perfoming department. People who do not want to be managed are happy today because they will do whatever they want. Adv Mannya was trying his best to root out corruption in our human manufacturer (Education) but thos who used to benefit use the educators union to ensure that he is out. I am so wish that the educator could stopped being used as ladders by certain individuals who does not want to do what they educated for. It is worse because the most people who are suffering are those S Africans who are earning govt grants, who eat water almost everyday (ikat`ilele eziko) who put their hope to their kids. Our education systeme is being killed by those people who are not passinate and proud of their proffession, their kids are studying at PRIVATE schools. Let them kill the nation but one day God will terminate their joy. I am so sad. The SG`s contract is terminated but they are toy toying, what for. Imfazwe Imfazwe Ilizwe lifile. Imfundo iwela ezandleni zabantu abafundiswe nzima nabo ngabazali babo. ENKOSI.
Lastly, let us bear in our mind that an element of tribalism can be the course for the termination of the SG`s contract.
Amongst other things, we seriously hope for, is an end to cronyism and the divide and rule attitude sown by the then SG.This situation had led to serious paranoia and low morale across the board.Those who were in his fold were rewarded regardless of their level of competency and the competent were pushed aside, so as not to question anything said by the then SG.
It may be too late for him to change his character.However we wish him well, whether he is going to haven or hell, but in haven there will be e-tolling for him.
let us hope that Mannya's departure will solve the problems WE ARE FACING .
Even Court can not help you Mannya because you ve not been obeying court orders. This is law of "Kharma"
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