The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education is a portfolio committee of the National Assembly of South Africa. It oversees the Department of Basic Education and related agencies, including Umalusi and the South African Council of Educators.
The committee was established in 2009 when the Ministry of Basic Education was established. Before then, its predecessor, the Portfolio Committee on Education, oversaw the Minister of Education, who was responsible for higher education as well as basic education.
List of chairpersons
2009–present: Basic Education SessionChairpersonPartyElection dateCitation7th ParliamentJoy MaimelaANC9 July 20246th ParliamentBongiwe Mbinqo-GigabaANC2 July 20195th ParliamentNomalungelo GinaANC24 June 20144th ParliamentHope MalgasANC18 January 2011Fatima ChohanANC27 May 2009
1994–2009: Education SessionChairpersonPartyElection dateCitation3rd ParliamentShepherd MayatulaANC25 June 20042nd ParliamentANC20 August 1999
References
External links
Basic Education at Parliamentary Monitoring Group Portfolio Committee on Basic Education at Parliament of South Africa