The Department's strategic objectives are: promotion of sound corporate governance through sustainable use of resources to provide overall management to the Department, support
and related services to educational institutions, and subsidy to independent schools in line with norms and standards; provision of effective and accessible quality basic education
to provide effective teaching and learning to all children/learners from Grade 1 to Grade 12, access to quality education for learners with special needs, and expansion and
universalisation of Grade R; and provision of relevant and accessible Further Education and Training (FET) programmes to develop skills for economic growth and development, and
quality education for adults and out-of-school youth.
