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Comparative Analysis of the Botswana Training Authority
(BOTA) and South African Services Sector and Education Training Authority (SSETA) on Quality
Assurance Performance IndicatorsCornelius Motsisi
LAS VEGAS, USA
Background on Botswana
• GDP: US$11.6 billion (2009 estimate)GDP per head: US$6406 (2009)GDP Growth: -6% (2009)Inflation: 7.1% (May 2010)Major Industries: Diamonds, copper, nickel,
• beef and tourism
Legislative Framework
• National Policy on Education (1977)
• Apprentice and Industrial Act (1993)
• Revised National Policy on Education (1994)
Legislative Framework
• National Policy on Education (1977)
• Vocational Act (1998)
• Human Resource Dev. Council Act 2010
• Botswana Qualifications Authority• Act 2010
Global Rankings
Botswana S.A.Income category Upper middle Upper middle
income income
GNI per capita (US$): 7,720 (US$): 7,610
WEF Global CompetitivenessIndex 2013
74/148 53/148
Standard and Poor’s -2013(Sovereign rating)
A+ A-
Heritage Foundation Index (Economic Freedom)
30/185 74/185
Ease of Doing Business
56/183 39/183
International Corruption Perceptions Index (2012)
33/176 69/176
Global Rankings
Human Resource Development Index
119/187 121/187
*WEF Human Capital Index 79/122 86/122
WEF Global Gender Gap Index
85/136 17/136
Baseline Productivity Index 2/102 41/102
Global RankingsHuman Resource Development Index
119/187 121/187
*WEF Human Capital Index 79/122 86/122
WEF Global Gender Gap Index 85/136 17/136
Baseline Productivity Index 2/102 41/102
The Human Capital Report details the findings of a new Index which measures countries on their ability to develop and deployhealthy, educated and able
workers through four distinct pillars: Education, Health & Wellness, Workforce & Employment and Enabling Environment.
Strategic Information BOTA -
BotswanaSSETA - South Africa
Legislation Vocational Act of 1998
Skills Development Act of 1998
Date of establishment
2000 2000
Vision BOTA will be a world class Coordinating body for the development of quality vocational skills
Services SETA will instil in South Africa’s working communities a tangible, trainable, certifiable and accountable measure of service excellence, which it will be proud to benchmark against comparable international standards of service.
Strategic Information
Mission Co-ordinate an integrated accessible vocational training system that meets the needs of learners and industry through:• Development of
standards• Quality assurance • Policy advice• Monitoring and
evaluation
National standards and qualifications in the sector and sub-sectors are created and registered onto the national qualifications framework, which will be used to curriculate, assess, certify, and manage performance in the sector to develop targeted skills and generic service skills.Quality learning provision is maintained throughout the sector.
Strategic Information
Challenges/ Situational analysis
• The substantive CEO was re-deployed to head the Human Resource Advisory Council
• The merger between The Tertiary Education Council and Botswana Training Authority had started
LMIS not yet fully operational
The SSETA was placed under administration after the CEO was fired by the Minister of Higher Education in February 2011
The SSETA has had some setbacks in the process of putting together a team of Executive Managers -following a situation where the entire team of previous Executive Managers left the employment of the SSETA.
Definition of Terms
Result Based Management -A management strategy focusing on performance and achievement of outputs, outcomes and impacts
Outcome-a change in conditions between the completion of outputs and the achievement of impact.
Output: Tangible product/ services of a VET policy or prog. that is necessary to achieve the objectives.
Definition of Terms
Monitoring: A continuing function that aims primarily to provide managers and main stakeholders with regular feedback and early indications of progress or lack thereof in the achievement of intended results.
Definition of Terms
Performance measurement: The collection, interpretation of, and reporting on data for performance indicators which measure how well programmes or projects deliver outputs and contribute to achievement of higher level aims (purposes and goals).
Data Comparative Analysis
Relevance
SSETA (2012) BOTA
Target Result Target Result
Sector Skills Plan x x
Labour Market Information System (LMIS) x x
Gainful Employment N/A 4 076 (2011)
Policy and Programme Reforms
National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS)
• Vision“by 2022 it will be universally accepted that
the quality, productivity and motivation of its people will be Botswana’s single greatest and most valuable resource”.
Policy and Programme Reforms
Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) has been established for the preliminary implementation of the strategy
Labour Market Observatory (LMO) &LMIS set up to host information: LFS, Labour, TVET and Tertiary x, Occupation Population, job seekers, vacancies, workplace inf. macro economic projections etc
USING LMIS TO IMPROVE TVET PROG.-BASELINE SURVEY
Industrial attachments• 84% of brigades/community colleges • 80% of private vocational training institutions • 79% public colleges• 75% parastatal/quasi-government institutions• 63% NGO institutions• 62% workplace training institutions
TRACER STUDIES
c. BOTA study of 2010 found:• around 50% of graduates found employment• around 50% were unemployed• 71.79% were employed full time in the
construction sector (construction trades, craft trades and industrial specialization)
• 59% of the females were unemployed• Employers, trainers and graduates rated the
skills as fairly adequate
TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS STUDY
The BOTA 2010 study on the list of priority vocational skills and strategies found:
A. identified 16 critical skills and 6priorities (italics) areas for the next five years:
1. Transport operations
2. Technical/vocational teaching
3. Hospitality and catering
4. Electrician
TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS STUDY
5. Radio/electronics/computer engineering & telecommunications
6. Diamond cutting/polishing and jewellery making
7. Masonry and bricklaying
8. Refrigeration and air-conditioning
9. Carpentry and joinery
10. Basic nursing & other health related programmes
TVET PROG-PRIORITY SKILLS
11.Welding & fabrication
12. Marketing & sales
13. Plumbing & sheet metal
14. Machine tool repair/fitting
15. Motor mechanics
16. Agriculture
The research tools included the job opportunity index, surveys, interviews, consultation meetings, focus group interviews and a prioritization method
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