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The Action Plan has 27 goals. Goals 1 to 13 deal with outputs we want to achieve in relation to learning and enrolments.
- Increase the number of learners in Grade 3 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and numeracy competencies for Grade 3.
- Increase the number of learners in Grade 6 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and mathematics competencies for Grade 6.
- Increase the number of learners in Grade 9 who by the end of the year have mastered the minimum language and mathematics competencies for Grade 9.
- Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who become eligible for a Bachelors programme at a university.
- Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass mathematics.
- Increase the number of Grade 12 learners who pass physical science.
- Improve the average performance in languages of Grade 6 learners.
- Improve the average performance in mathematics of Grade 6 learners.
- Improve the average performance in mathematics of Grade 8 learners.
- Ensure that all children remain effectively enrolled in school up to the year in which they turn 15.
- Improve the access of children to quality early childhood development (ECD) below Grade 1.
- Improve the grade promotion of learners through the Grades 1 to 9 phases of school.
- Improve the access of youth to Further Education and Training I beyond Grade 9.
Goals 14 to 27 deal with the things we must do to achieve our 13 output goals.
- Attract in each year a new group of young, motivated and appropriately trained teachers into the teaching profession.
- Ensure that the availability and utilisation of teachers is such that excessively large classes are avoided.
- Improve the professionalism, teaching skills, subject knowledge and computer literacy of teachers throughout their entire careers.
- Strive for a teacher workforce that is healthy and enjoys a sense of job satisfaction.
- Ensure that learners cover all the topics and skills areas that they should cover within their current school year.
- Ensure that every learner has access to the minimum set of textbooks and workbooks required according to national policy.
- Increase access amongst learners to a wide range of media, including computers, which enrich their education.
- Ensure that the basic annual management processes occur across all schools in the country in a way that contributes towards a functional school environment.
- Improve parent and community participation in the governance of schools, partly by improving access to important information via the e-Education strategy.
- Ensure that all schools are funded at least at the minimum per learner levels determined nationally and that funds are utilised transparently and effectively.
- Ensure that the physical infrastructure and environment of every school inspires learners to want to come to school and learn, and teachers to teach.
- Use the school as a location to promote access amongst children to the full range of public health and poverty reduction interventions.
- Increase the number of schools which effectively implement the inclusive education policy and have access to centres which offer I specialist services.
- Improve the frequency and quality of the monitoring and support I services provided by district offices to schools, partly through better use of e-Education.
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