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
Finalization of the school sport policy
SRSA
Finalize guidelines for agencies supporting the
delivery of school sport
Establish school sport committees and Together with provincial governments and federations
support these committees at all levels to identify talent at inter-district school tournaments for
deliver school sport leagues
further development through the academy system
Ensure the delivery of well organized Assist national federations in the hosting of national
intra/inter school sport activities
junior championships
Host national junior Olympic Games biannually in
conjunction with SASCOC (to serve as a feeder
system for the IOCYouth 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 leagues
 Teacher development
SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS - SRSA
 Ensure proper support structures are in place
 Provide support and the necessary expertise to school sport code
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committee structures
Support a national school sport governing structure
Support inter and intra school sport activities
Upgrade existing facilities and infrastructure to support access
Promote competitive and elite school sport at all levels
Promote 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
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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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.
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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).
THREE PILLARS OF SCHOOL SPORT …Cont
TOP SCHOOL LEAGUES
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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).
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A good example of Top School League is Premier Soccer League (PSL) model.
YOUTH OLYMPICS
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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.
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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.
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A good example here is the SAFA National Squad.
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
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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.
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Of this allocation, 30% has been ring fenced for equipment and attire (R140 892)
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The breakdown below, shows how the rest of the allocation has been broken down:
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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
PROVINCIAL ALLOCATIONS
MPP CONDITIONAL GRANT
MTEF Estimates
Province
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
469,640
497,591
525,632
TOTAL
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
Qtr 1
Levels
Jan
Feb
Qtr 2
Mar
Apr
May
Qtr 3
Jun
Jul
Aug
Qtr 4
Sep
5: National competition to determine national
4: Provincial competition to determine provincial
Dec
4
champion.
3: District competitions to determine district
3
champion.
2 : Inter-School competitions to determine area/
2
town champion.
Team.
Nov
5
champions.
1: Intra-School Competition to select School
Oct
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
ATHLETES PATHWAY STRATEGY
OUR VISION
An active & Winning Nation
National Level
DATABASE
Talent Confirmation & Development
National Scientific Support,
Federations
Provincial Level
Talent Confirmation & Development
District Level
Talent Identification, Confirmation
& Development
Provincial Academy,
Federation
District Academy,
Federation
Inter-School Level
Talent Scouting & Identification
Clubs,
Federation
Intra-School Level
Talent Scouting
School Sport
Community Sport
Federations
SCHOOLS SPORT : BEDBROCK FOR SPORT & RECREATION DEVELOPMENT
Clubs,
Federation
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
SPECIALIST
REGIONAL
GENERALIST
 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
COMPETITIVE PROGRAMME
Road to National School Sport Olympics
 National School Sport Finals are envisaged to take place on 9 – 14 December 2012
 So far, 9 Sporting Codes, i.e Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Gymnastics,
Netball, Rugby, Volleyball, Swimming & Tennis, have already confirmed their
participation in the finals and they are equally seized with their Participatory
Programmes (Roadmap to National Olympics)
 The venue is not yet confirmed but specifications have been finalized based on the
Federations’ inputs. This will be confirmed by end June 2012
 SRSA is currently engaging with various NF and their sponsors to aligned the existing
championships to reduce duplication.
PROVINCIAL ANALYSIS ON SCHOOL
REGISTRATION PROCESS
SCHOOL LEAGUES REGISTRATION
Province
Total number of
schools in the
Province
Number of registered
schools
Percentage
Gauteng
2385
1403
58.83%
Eastern Cape
5742
2700
47.02%
Limpopo
4106
1522
37.07%
Free State
1488
540
36.29%
North West
1707
605
35.44%
Mpumalanga
1939
681
35.12%
Kwa Zulu Natal
6147
1467
23.87%
Western Cape
1625
114
7.02%
Northern Cape
617
171
27.71%