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BusinessLive reports that Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Minister Naledi Pandor has questioned her predecessor Blade Nzimande’s plans to reduce the number of Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas).
It emerged in Parliament on Wednesday that she has instructed her officials to come up with a better proposal to improve the performance of Setas. They are intended to bridge SA’s skills deficit and boost employment, but they have been widely criticised for their inefficiency, corruption and maladministration. The DHET’s Maliviwe Lumka told MPs that the department was proposing a reduction of the number of Setas from 21 to 15, but shortly after Lumka’s presentation to parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education and training, Pandor said she was sending her officials back to the drawing board. "I have said to the department we need to think more carefully. Mergers are not the solution to the challenges that are confronting us. There are serious problems of governance, poor regulation, [and] there’s too much independence with determining the use of funding," the minister said. She added that the Setas needed clearer and better rules governing how they were run, including the process of appointing CEOs.
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