National Education Negotiations with the EU SWAP was supposed to Ministry of Education Specific terms of It turns out that the Training Improvement are underway to put an eliminate duplication reference have not been Ministry requested for a Program (NETIP) has M&E in place. between planning and developed by the MEPD. post to be allocated for SWAP been completed. budgeting. However, No coordinator for the coordination but the duplication is in sub sector. The Planning government turned them Nonhlanhla Shongwe existence especially in unit seems to be down. PS was supposed activities from donors. overwhelmed. Large to Second the staffing issues. Coordinator from planning but this also UNDP has called on never happened as Ministry to submit a Concept of SWAP is not remuneration was low proposal for SWAP clearly understood and and the plan was budgeting but Ministry needs to be re-enforced. abandoned. SWAP has not done so. The addition of the M&E needs to be re-launched. would add great value. Resource mobilisation is still very much project faces challenges of based. operationalizing the initiative. Constraints in Issues of consulting need the sector are as follows: to go as far as upstream. Transparency, good governance. Lack of Possibility of bringing in SWAP experts to train on understanding of SWAP SWAP. Funding should from national level and donor level. be provided as this is a major issue. Monitoring of NETIP at Regional, NETIP activities could National and School level not be budgeted according to Min of Finance as NETIP has its own activities budgeted for already.
National Education Training Improvement Program (NETIP) has been completed. Negotiations with the EU are underway to put an M&E in place. SWAP was supposed to eliminate duplication between planning and budgeting. However, duplication is in existence especially in activities from donors. UNDP has called on Ministry to submit a proposal for SWAP budgeting but Ministry has not done so. Ministry of Education SWAP Nonhlanhla Shongwe Specific terms of reference have not been developed by the MEPD. No coordinator for the sub sector. The Planning unit seems to be overwhelmed. Large staffing issues. Concept of SWAP is not clearly understood and needs to be re-enforced. The addition of the M&E would add great value. faces challenges of operationalizing the initiative. Constraints in the sector are as follows: Transparency, good governance. Lack of understanding of SWAP from national level and donor level. NETIP activities could not be budgeted according to Min of Finance as NETIP has its own activities budgeted for already. It turns out that the Ministry requested for a post to be allocated for coordination but the government turned them down. PS was supposed to Second the Coordinator from planning but this also never happened as remuneration was low and the plan was abandoned. SWAP needs to be re-launched. Resource mobilisation is still very much project based. Issues of consulting need to go as far as upstream. Possibility of bringing in SWAP experts to train on SWAP. Funding should be provided as this is a major issue. Monitoring of NETIP at Regional, National and School level