The skills strategy sets out key interventions to ensure the effective implementation of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP). It is intended to ensure that skills are not a constraint to economic development and therefore proposes interventions and actions that address occupational shortages and skills gaps in the labour market. More importantly, the strategy supports the implementation of the ERRP in ways that both maximise opportunities for new entrants to the labour market and promote the preservation of existing jobs and the creation of new jobs.
The strategy envisages that both the public and private sectors will play a central role in its implementation. It represents a call for collective action, mobilising public and private education and training (E&T) providers, Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), business, government departments, state entities and other social partners to commit to working together to promote skills development.
The strategy identifies the skills implications of the ERRP and outlines ways in which the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) system, together with other key role-players, will ensure that the skills required to implement the ERRP are available. This strategy will therefore evolve as the ERRP itself evolves. The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) will serve as the lead department for the development and coordinated implementation of the strategy.
