MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Sport on 13 December 2011. Both Departments committed to deliver a sustainable integrated plan to provide school children with opportunity to take part in Physical Education and organized sport through the creation of an accessible and implementable school sport support system. The planning framework action plan captures joint responsibilities as well as specific roles of each department.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Minister of Basic Education and the Minister of Sport on 13 December 2011.
Both Departments committed to deliver a sustainable integrated plan to provide school children with opportunity to take part in Physical Education and organized sport through the creation of an accessible and implementable school sport support system.
The planning framework action plan captures joint responsibilities as well as specific roles of each department.
SCHOOL SPORT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The Joint National Task Team developed the Implementation plan with an intention to guide the process of developing an integrated school sport plan.
Below are joint and individual responsibilities:Joint Responsibilities of DBE and SRSA
The development of training material for teachers
The facilitation of capacity building programmes for teachers
Develop a concept document on infrastructure and equipment addressing issues of redress, sharing of
facilities and access
DBE SRSA
Finalization of the school sport policy
Finalize guidelines for agencies supporting the delivery of school sport
Establish school sport committees and support these committees at all levels to deliver school sport leagues
Together with provincial governments and federations identify talent at inter-district school tournaments for further development through the academy system
Ensure the delivery of well organized intra/inter school sport activities
Assist national federations in the hosting of national junior championships
Host national junior Olympic Games biannually in conjunction with SASCOC (to serve as a feeder system for the IOC Youth Olympic Games)
Develop concept for sport focus schools
Develop a 5 year competitive school sport plan with federations
Develop a 5 year capacity development and training programme for educators in code specific skills
Develop a school sport calendar
SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS - DBE
Curriculum determination – Physical Education
Curriculum enrichment programme in schools inclusive of Mass participation in sport and recreation.
Intra/interschool leaguesTeacher development
SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS - SRSA
Ensure proper support structures are in placeProvide support and the necessary expertise to school
sport code committee structuresSupport a national school sport governing structureSupport inter and intra school sport activitiesUpgrade existing facilities and infrastructure to
support accessPromote competitive and elite school sport at all
levelsPromote the preparation and delivery of athletes
participating in international sport in schools competition.
THREE PILLARS OF SCHOOL SPORT
a) Physical Education
b) Top School Leagues
c) Youth Olympics __________________________________________________________
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• Physical Education refers to the integration of Physical Education as a learning area within the curriculum of every school. This is meant to promote sport skills development, healthy living among all learners and further fight challenges of obesity which are currently on the rise among South African learners.
• While this was previously not the case, Physical Education is now being offered as part of the curriculum in all South African schools. The ongoing challenge is to maximise impact by improving the skills level of educators and to locate Physical Education as a stand-alone learning area (separate it from Life Orientation).
TOP SCHOOL LEAGUES
• Top School is a league program where each school will register its School Team which will participate in the leagues' five competition levels, leading to the National School Festivals (i.e., (1) Intra-School, (2) Inter-school level, (3) District level, (4) Provincial level & (5) National level).
• A good example of Top School League is Premier Soccer League (PSL) model.
YOUTH OLYMPICS
• The Youth Olympic focuses on individual talented athletes at a particular level of the competition. The selected start athletes will then compete with other talented athletes from other areas.
• These talented athletes are identified by professional talent scouts, sport clubs and federations during the roll-out of the Top School League to form different teams (squads) representing the respective Area, District, Province or the National team.
• A good example here is the SAFA National Squad.
THREE PILLARS OF SCHOOL SPORT …Cont
PROGRESS ON PLAN OF ACTION
SCHOOL SPORT POLICY
The policy was released for public comments on 09 December 2011 until 31 March 2012. The comments have been analysed, mainly the concern is ensuring existence and implementation of Physical Education and available educators to teach Physical Education.
The JNTT has sourced the services of the policy specialist from UNICEF to finalize the policy. It is envisaged that the policy process will be completed by 31 December 2012.
CAPACITY BUILDING
Provincial officials of both Departments were trained by SASCOC on the process and progress in the Teacher Development programme on 20 January 2012.
SRSA will support Federations to launch their coaching programmes, DBE will identify educators who will benefit from this training.
A school sport capacity development committee has been formed consisting of DBE, SRSA, SASCOC and CATHSETA. The committee will review the training material content as well as facilitate and coordinate related activities.
SCHOOL SPROT CODE COMMITTEES
A guideline document on establishment of code committees has been developed, consulted with codes and federations, approved and distributed to provinces for implementation.
Provinces are at various levels of implementation.
RESOURCE AUDIT- SCHOOLS SPORT
In order to generate a reliable body of knowledge and to inform planning, a Resources Audit exercise has been kickstarted.
The audit seeks to gather information on demographics of the schools, available facilities, equipment and human resources for sport. The information will assist both Departments to plan better for sport, as well as to prioritize schools to receive equipment.
The exercise is currently underway, covering all the schools and report of this audit will be by end of September 2012 or before.
FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT & ATTIRE
CONDITIONAL GRANT In line with the commitment to step up Schools Sport as a key priority, 50% of the SRSA
Conditional Grant for the MTEF of R470 Million has been ring-fenced for School Sport.
Of this allocation, 30% has been ring fenced for equipment and attire (R140 892)
The breakdown below, shows how the rest of the allocation has been broken down:
• Ring fence R5m to provide transport, accommodation, all meals, attire and support for the delivery of provincial teams to national school sport competitions
• Through SLA’s with the 16 provincial federations provide funding for a coordinator for school sport programmes at R180 000 per coordinator per annum
• 5% to support school sport code structures through SLA’s with provincial federation• 20% to support the training of educators• 30% to purchase equipment and kit for disadvantaged school• 20% to deliver district and provincial competitions• 15% for the establishment and support of sport focus schools• 10% for cluster co-ordinators to coordinate and support the delivery of school sport
programmes and monitoring and evaluation at local level
MPP CONDITIONAL GRANT
ProvinceMTEF Estimates
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
R'000 R'000 R'000
Eastern Cape 65,472 69,297 73,104
Free State 34,116 36,146 38,170
Gauteng 73,348 77,635 81,899
KwaZulu-Natal 90,548 95,838 101,103
Limpopo 55,702 59,016 62,321
Mpumalanga 39,685 42,046 44,401
Northern Cape 30,009 32,047 34,276
North West 36,264 38,422 40,574
Western Cape 44,496 47,144 49,784
TOTAL 469,640 497,591 525,632
PROVINCIAL ALLOCATIONS
SPORT FACILITIES
Essential to the delivery of Schools Sport Programme is availability of sport equipment and facilities .
The current reality is the imbalance in the distribution of equipment especially in the public schools.
The Department of Basic Education, National Education Infrastructure Management System (NIEMS) confirms this status.
It is for that reason that our priority in delivering sport in schools has to concurrently address the need of facilities and sport equipment
SPORT FOCUS SCHOOLS, ATHLETE PARTHWAY STRATEGY & AND SORT
VOLUNTEER CORP
SCHOOL LEAGUE PARTICIPATION MODEL
Levels
Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
5: National competition to determine national champions.
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4: Provincial competition to determine provincial champion. 43: District competitions to
determine district champion. 3
2 : Inter-School competitions to determine area/ town champion.
2
1: Intra-School Competition to select School Team.
1 Ongoing Mass Participation throughout the year
Codes on the League programme: Football, Netball, Cricket, Rugby, Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Gymnastics & Volleyball
Leagues will be run on a seasonal basis and currently all Federation are finalizing their respective League Participation program based on the National framework.
REGISTRATION
At the beginning of the year, DG – DBE invited schools to register for school league programme
The registration was driven by schools themselves and supported by the three parties that constitute the Joint National Task Team (JNTT)
As at 19 May 2011, the Registration statistics stood at 10 345.
Currently JNTT is stratifying the Registration Data further in order to have a much more clearer in respect of (1) Gender, (2) LSEN, (3) District & Local Municipalities and (4) Age Categories
DATABASE
School Sport Community Sport Federations
SCHOOLS SPORT : BEDBROCK FOR SPORT & RECREATION DEVELOPMENT
An active & Winning Nation
OUR VISION
Intra-School Level
District Level
Provincial Level
National Level
Inter-School Level
Talent Confirmation & Development Talent Confirmation & Development
Talent Confirmation & Development Talent Confirmation & Development
Talent Identification, Confirmation & Development Talent Identification, Confirmation & Development
SPORT VOLUNTEER CORP In order to bring more hands on deck, particularly at a
local level, a Sport Volunteer Corp Movement was launched on 13 February 2012 in Johannesburg.
The Volunteer Corp Movement seeks to mobilize former players, administrator, coaches and sport scientists to support school sport in the communities they reside in, through the respective NFs.
Currently NOT all NFs have a dedicated program and systems to accommodate and utilize the Volunteers and this is the task that is still work in progress.
This strategy is linked to athlete pathway strategy, SRSA will assist with training!
SPORT FOCUS SCHOOLS
Concept document for the Establishment of Sport Focus Schools has been finalized through SRSA, DBE consultations.
The principle of the Sport Focus Schools is basically that it will NOT include construction of new infrastructure but designation of existing schools as Sport Focus Schools (lighthouses) in at least each District.
SRSA will then put money aside to subside those schools and the Programme scheduled to start in the financial year 2013/14
REGIONAL
GENERALIST
SPECIALIST
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMME Road to National School Sport Olympics
National School Sport Finals are envisaged to take place on 9 – 14
