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No. 37261
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY 2014
NOP Priority Area
NeSPA 2013 Action
Improving infrastructure
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for
the infrastructure planners and operational staff.
Transition to low-carbon
economy
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for
An inclusive and integrated
rural economy
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) for
Reversing the spatial effect of
apartheid
sustainability development.
rural communities and small-scale farmers.
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness) the
townships' population for Digital Inclusion.
Improving the quality of
education, training and
innovation
Giving
Quality health care for all
Providing e-health skills.
Social protection
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness)
citizens and government officials for using ICT in social
protection services
e-skilling (including building e-social astuteness)
citizens and the safety and security related
government officials regarding effective use of ICT for
building safer communities.
Providing e-government and e-governance skills.
Building safer communities
Reforming the public services
by professionalising them
Fighting corruption
educators and learners various e-skills
(including building e-social astuteness) at all levels of
education Early Childhood Development (ECD),
primary, secondary, tertiary).
Providing e-Government and e-participation skills for
greater transparency.
Transforming society and
uniting the country
Providing
e-Skills
(including
building
astuteness) for digital and social inclusion.
e-social
11.3 Institutions involved in skills development
The following are institutions involved in skills development:
SETA (Sector Edcuation and Training Authority):
Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training
Authority (MICT Seta);
National Association of Broadcasting of South Africa (NAB); and
the e-Skills Institute.
11.4 Employment and skills gap
Approximately 180 000 people are employed in the sector, of which roughly 15 000 are
software developers. There are nearly 8 000 companies in the ICT sector, most of them
employing fewer than 50 people.
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