23 November 2007
Education Director-General Duncan Hindle said today that he regretted the
resignation of Professor Aitchison from his secondment to the Department of
Education. Professor Aitchison had been seconded to the department from the
University of KwaZulu-Natal to prepare for the launch of the R6,1 billion adult
Literacy Campaign, Kha Ri Gudi, beginning in 2008.
The operational plan for the literacy campaign, as prepared by the
Ministerial Committee (of which Professor Aitchison was a member), was
presented to and approved by Cabinet. A national secretariat for the campaign
is being established as a separate branch of the department. A CEO appointed at
the level of a deputy director-general will run the secretariat. The
secretariat will be supported by an organisation that will provide financial,
administrative and management support.
This will enable Kha Ri Gudi to run as a campaign independently of the
department, while the new secretariat will be independent of the ABET
directorate but still accountable to government. "The campaign is on track, and
will be implemented according to plan. The advertisement for the CEO has been
published, and the tender for partners to assist us with the recruitment of
some 40 000 tutors, the delivery of materials and other operational aspects has
attracted much interest. Kha Ri Gude will be rolled out as a pilot in 2008, and
will go to scale in 2009, as planned", Hindle said.
For more information contact:
Lunga Ngqengelele
Ministerial Spokesperson
Tel: 012 312 5538
Cell: 082 556 0446
Issued by: Ministry of Education
23 November 2007
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za/)
