Question NW2791 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration
07 December 2023 - NW2791
Kibi, Ms MT to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)Whether she has found that the National School of Government can function independently and self sustainably without heavily relying on the national budget allocations; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What is the total number of public officials who have successfully completed the compulsory courses?
Reply:
1. No, the NSG depends heavily on the national allocation for its operations as it operates the Vote Account and Training Trading Account (TTA). The Vote Account receives its funding from the government fiscus whereas the TTA is partly funded from government fiscus through a transfer from the Vote Account and revenue generated from course fees. The allocation from the government fiscus is appropriated for the operation of the Vote Account to support the TTA. The funding from the fiscus does not cover the operational costs of the TTA since this account is funded from course fees including the costs relating to the design and development of training programmes, as well as the delivery of the training programmes.
The scope of work of the NSG has been expanded to provide Education, Training and Development (ETD) in the three spheres of government, state-owned entities (SOEs) and organs of state. Furthermore, the delivery of the mandatory programmes, professionalization initiatives that introduce the offering of qualifications, continuous development and increased online learning add to the NSG scope of work. The National Framework Towards Professionalisation of the Public Sector requires the NSG to establish Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Centre as well as campus environment with relevant technology. The NSG is finalising a new strategy to reposition itself as the premier provider of ETD.
(2) The following are Compulsory Training Programmes with statistics from 2021/22 financial year until 05 September 2023:
|
Compulsory Training Programmes |
Financial Year |
||
|
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/2024 (1 April to 5 September 2023) |
|
|
Khaedu Project |
571 |
399 |
61 |
|
Ethics in the Public Service |
32 381 |
13 765 |
2 460 |
|
Executive Induction Programme |
21 |
21 |
0 (7 booked) |
|
Compulsory Induction Programme 13-14 |
159 |
217 |
72 |
|
Compulsory Induction Programme 1-12 |
5 393 |
5731 |
911 |
|
Nyukela |
6 832 |
5 440 |
2 096 |
|
Supply Chain Management for the Public Service |
260 |
798 |
217 |
|
Financial Management Delegations of Authority |
84 |
0 |
0 |
|
Re-orientation in the Public Service |
177 |
374 |
202 |
|
Managing Performance in the Public Service |
37 |
1 386 |
0 |
End