The National Skills Authority (NSA) is established in terms of Chapter 2 of Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 to advice the Minister on skills development matters as per the Act. The NSA disassociates itself from the media statement made in the past weeks on the revised Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) constitutions by one of its members. It has to be noted that the issue relating to the Minister’s consultation with the NSA was raised as a concern with him and was later resolved and closed. The NSA is made up of members that are drawn widely from constituencies which may have own views on the skills development issues however, the public should note that in terms of the NSA resolution on official public communication, the spokesperson remains the Chairperson only.
The NSA advised the Minister on key five principles from which the main changes in the constitution model were based, and these were:
- appointment of an independent chairperson of the SETA Board
- the size of the SETA Board
- ministerial appointees
- conflict of interest
- appointment of SETA CEOs
The NSA held a meeting on 29 March 2011 and all its members present in that meeting fully supported these principles and also highlighted areas for which the Minister should give due consideration when implementing the SETA constitution. The NSA supports and remains committed to the transformation of the Skills Development system and in particular the improvement of performance and governance of the SETAs as attested to by the SINGICI.
Report and by other research reports. It further confirmed that all role-players in the skills development and in particular the SETAs should know it will not be business as usual if the goals of the National Development Strategy (NSDS III) are to be realised.
The NSA would like to thank all skills development stakeholders and the general public for their active and passionate participation during the development of the NSDS III as well as the valuable inputs made in the configuration of the new Seta Landscape. A platform in the form of the Skills conference is envisaged in the coming months to afford stakeholders an opportunity to deepen understanding on the task lying ahead of us as well as to celebrate the gains made.
NB: Any enquiries on this media statement should be communicated with the NSA Chairperson
Mr Edward Majadibodu
National Skills Authority Chairperson
Tel: 011 377 2077
Cell: 082 809 3227
