MEC to deliver Policy Speech at the Provincial Legislature
22 March 2012. Communications Directorate.
 
The Eastern Cape Department of Education MEC, the honourable Mandla Makhuphula will today the 22nd of March 2012 table the education budget speech at the EC legislature chambers at 14H00.
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MEC Makupula tables  ECDoE  Policy Speech
22 March 2012. Communications Directorate.
 
The 2012/ 13 financial year will see the strengthening of the systems around planning, expenditure, procurement and reporting in Districts and schools. Areas to be prioritised are around monitoring and clearing of municipal services payments. There will also be a clean-up and reconciliation of Conditional Grant as well as information between Human Resource and Finance especially in areas of payroll management and tax reconciliations. Part of district improvement includes introduction of internal control in Districts. This may be done through a centralised process until resources are adequately capacitated.
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Statement on the Release of the Annual National Assessments Results for 2011
30 June 2011. Loyiso Pulumani.
 
Statement on the Release of the Annual National Assessments Results for 2011 by Mrs Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, Union Buildings: 28 June 2011, "Towards a delivery-driven and quality education system".
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 ECDoE  Budget and Policy Speech 2011/12
23 March 2011. Communication Services.
 
Budget and Policy Speech by MEC for Education and Training Hon. Mandla Makuphula in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, 23 March 2011
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Mahlubandile Qwase’s 2010  Eastern Cape  Education Budget and Policy Speech
24 March 2010. Communication Services.
 
The Department will embark on a very critical initiative to deal with the root cause of poor learner performance in literacy and numeracy; the project is called Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education, dedicated personnel are now in place to drive that project. Preparations are currently being made to ensure full-scale implementation of this initiative in January 2011. Part of the work that is currently underway includes the review and development of language policies.
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Budget Vote Speech delivered by Mrs Angie Motshekga, MP, Minister of Basic Education
23 March 2010. Communication Services.
 
As indicated in my 2009 budget speech, we need to turn the system around with bold targets and initiatives that are carefully crafted and executed, and pay due attention to the already-fragile nature of the system and people who work in it.
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Policy Speech date has been changed to March 24
10 March 2010. MEC's Office.
 
Eastern Cape Education MEC, Mahlubandile Qwase, will deliver the Policy Speech in the Provincial Legislature in Bhisho on 24 March 2010, 14:00
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Premier Kiviet urges learners and educators to be in school during school hours
23 February 2010. Source: www.ecdoe.gov.za.
 
We will also establish a provincial Maths and Science Academy to spearhead teacher development and capacity building. We also welcome the support for Maths and Science teaching in rural areas to be provided through the American Embassy.
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Qwase reaffirms the departmental commitment to better education
28 July 2009. Malibongwe Mtima.
 
The Eastern Cape Department of Education at the Qamata Great Place in Cofimvaba aimed at calling upon all individuals and organizations to assume their responsibility of being involved in the betterment of education as it is a societal matter.
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Budget and Policy Speech 2009
18 June 2009. Media Liaison.
 
President Zuma indicated that “education will be a key priority for the next five years” and is one of the 10 priority areas which form part of the Medium Term Strategic Framework for 2009 to 2014. We are firmly committed to ‘implement with speed and determination’ all our flagship interventions that are so crucial for the turnaround of our education system.
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