Branch: Education Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring (EPEM)

Purpose: To render education planning and monitoring functions

Functions:

Over see the implementation of policy regarding education delivery and services to public ordinary schools to ensure that schools are functional.
Promoting and implementing policy for curriculum delivery and support. Interpretating policy regarding education provisioning in all education provisioning in all educational institutions including FET College, the ABET and ECD sectors.
Provisioning policy for inclusive education, HIV/AIDS and schools nutrition programmes.
Provisioning strategic policy, planning and research in line with national policy frameworks.
Determination of quality standards and the promotion thereof within the system.
Provisioning professional leadership and management of systems in a co-ordinated manner towards ensuring quality education.
The provisioning of secretariat services to all management structures within the department.
Ongoing review of all departmental policies and advice on business process re-engineering needs.
Manage the targeting of resources in line with policy choices.
Provisioning of professional development through the Education Institute.
Developing and provisioning tele-collaborative learning innovations and the management of knowledge.

Contact Details

Deputy Director General

Mrs MP Mdikane

Personal Assistant

Ms B Makapela (Acting)

Tel: +27(0)40 608 4353
Fax: +27(0)40 608 4574
Email: babalwa.makapela@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Chief Directorate

Strategic Management; Monitoring and Evaluation

Purpose: To provide strategic planning and monitoring throughout the system.

Functions:

Promoting education research and plan the implementation of education policies.
Rendering education management information systems.
Provisioning support for the strategic management of the strategic plans of the Department.
Provisioning resources targeting and advice on policy choices made by the department.
Co-ordination of the operational plans of the branches of the department.
Modelling and Forecasting to inform policy choices.
Determining systems standards and the monitoring thereof.
Promote quality standards

Contact Details

Chief Director

Mr. GF Mac Master

Personal Assistant

Ms Nomzekelo Kewuti

Tel: +27(0)40 608 4773
Fax: +27(0)40 608 4574
Email: greg.macmaster@edu.ecprov.gov.za
E-mail:nomzekelo.kewuti@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Directorates

Strategic Planning & Policy and Research

Director: Dr AS Heckroodt
Personal Assistant:Ms B. Mkutukana
Tel: +27(0)43 7027428/39
Fax: +27(0)086 541 0389/043 702 7427
Email: bernetia@iafrica.com OR annetia.heckroodt@edu.ecprov.gov.za
Resource Targeting & Systems Planning

Director: Vacant
Personal Assistant: vacant
Tel: +27(0)43 702 7403
Fax: 043 735 7993
E-mail:
Quality Promotion & Standards

Director: Dr S. Lombo
Personal Assistant: Mrs V Nqwelo
Tel: +27(0)40 608 4606
Fax: +27(0)40 608 4614
E-mail: sipho.lombo@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Chief Directorate

Curriculum Management

Purpose: To promote co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of policy for Curriculum and Professional Development, Assessment & Examination.

Functions:

Managing and co-ordination of programmes for curriculum development.
Management and co-ordinating programmes for professional development of educators.
Developming guidelines regarding learner and educator assessment procedures.
Provisioning professional leadership and managing systems in a co-ordinated manner towards ensuring quality education.
Establishing and managing a Library / Teaching Media support Services and resources centres in districts and at the head office.
Establishing innovative hubs and promoting tele-collaborative learning.
Managing and administrating examinations, assessments and learner achievement processes.
Managing maths, science and technology strategy.
Initiate curriculum policies for schools of focused learning (i.e. Dinaledi schools)

Contact Details

Chief Director

Mr EM Mabona (Acting)

Personal Assistant

Ms Andiswa Mba (Acting)

Tel: +27(0)40 608 4435
Fax:+27(0)40 608 4869
Email: mzimhle.mabona@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Directorates

Curriculum ECD and GET Band

Director: Miss U.B. Nqandela
Personal Assistant: Vacant
Tel: +27(0)40 608 4495/4796
Fax: +27(0)40 608 4525
E-mail: monica.zuzane@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Curriculum FET Programmes

Director:Mrs MPN Siwisa
Personal Assistant: Ms Vuyo Kalase
Tel:+27(0)40 608 4489
Fax:+27(0)40 608 4394
E-mail:nolundi.siwisa@edu.ecprov.gov.za
E-mail:vuyo.kalase@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Assessement and Examinations

Director: Mr EM Mabona
Personal Assistant:
Tel: +27(0)43 604 7709
Fax: +27(0)43 604 7786
E-mail: mzimhle.mabona@edu.ecprov.gov.za
Tele Collaborative Learning

Director: Dr D Greeff (Acting)
Personal Assistant: Ms N Mtshaulana
Tel: +27(0)40 608 4487
Fax: +27(0)40 608 4384
E-mail: nokoleji.mtshaulana@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Chief Directorate

Education Professional Programmes

Purpose: To provide professional support to educator’s services to learners.

Function:

The management of INSET and developmental programmes delivered by the Education Institute.
The development of resource support materials for educators.
The provisioning of education programmes to learners with special educational needs (LSEN), both gifted and with barriers to learning.
The establishment, co-ordination and management of Private Public Partnership and Donor Funding projects.
The monitoring of Home Schooling.
The development and monitoring of learner support programmes including Value in Education, In School Sports, Youth Affairs, Choirs and Tours, etc.
Modelling and forecasting to inform policy choices.
Determining systems standards and the monitoring thereof.

Contact Details

Chief Director

Mr HRD Ncanywa

Personal Assistant

Ms PJ Lubaxa

Tel: +27(0)43 7027402/8
Fax: +27(0043 7027419
E-mail: phumla.lubaxa@edu.ecprov.gov.za

Director

Leadership, Management & Development Programmes

Director: Ms Z Loni
Personnal Assistant: Ms Thenjelwa Gcezengana
Tel: +27(0)43 702 7400
Fax: +27(0)43 702 7427
E-mail: zolisa.loni@edu.ecprov.gov.za