Assessment of key legislation - Skills Development (Parliamentary sub-committee 1)

STATUS: Completed
PROJECT LEADER:De Koning, E (Ms Elmi), Wildschut - February, AC (Dr Angelique)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Fraser, TJ (Ms Tania)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: Skills development legislation as a lever of change to reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment

Abstract

The Parliament of South Africa has established a Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation, to determine how legislation and regulations facilitate and constrain the transformational goals of a ???developmental state??? (Edigheji 2010). Sub-Committee 1 has the task of assessing how current policy and legislation is aligned to address the triple challenge of poverty, inequality and unemployment. Skills development is critical to support economic growth and inclusive development, and hence, a key focus component. The Sub-Committee is concerned to obtain current data on nine critical issues impacting skills development, in relation to the challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment.

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