Adult Education and Training Act, 2000 (Act No. 52 of 2000)

Chapter 3 : Governance of Public Centres

8. Governing body of public centre
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(1)Every public centre governing body, except a public centre contemplated in section 21(1)(d) of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996), must establish a governing body.

[Section 8(1) substituted by section 23 of Act No. 31 of 2007]

 

(2)The governing body of a public centre must consist of—
(a)elected members;
(b)the centre manager in his or her official capacity;
(c)co-opted members;
(d)any representative of any sponsoring body;
(e)any representative of an organisation for disabled persons, where applicable; and
(f)any expert in the field of adult education and training, where applicable.

 

(3)The members of a governing body contemplated in subsection (2)(a) must be elected from—
(a)educators at the centre;
(b)members of staff who are not educators; and
(c)learners at the centre.

 

(4)A member contemplated in—
(a)subsection (3)(a) must be elected by the educators at the centre;
(b)subsection (3)(h) must be elected by members of the staff who are not educators at the centre, and
(c)subsection (3)(c) must be elected by the learners at the centre.

 

(5)The members contemplated in subsections (2)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) must co-opt members contemplated in subsection (2)(c) from the community which the centre serves and such co-opted members may vote at any meeting of the governing body.

 

(6)
(a)The governing body contemplated in subsection (2) must co-opt as member of the governing body—
(i)the chairperson of the governing body or any member designated by him or her; or
(ii)the principal or any educator designated by him or her

of the public school from which the centre operates.

(b)The member contemplated in paragraph (a) may not vote at a meeting of the governing body,

 

(7)The governing body of a public centre functions in terms of a constitution which must comply with minimum requirements determined by the Member of the Executive Council by notice in the Provincial Gazette.

 

(8)A constitution contemplated in subsection (7) must provide for –
(a)a meeting of the governing body at least four times a year and the procedures to be followed at such meetings;
(b)recording and keeping minutes of governing body meetings; and
(c)the making available of such minutes for inspection by the Head of Department.

 

(9)The governing body must submit a copy of its constitution to the Head of Department within 90 days of its election.

 

(10)If a public centre is established in terms of section 3, the governance of that centre vests in the Head of Department until a governing body has been established in terms of this Act.