National School of Government rolls-out courses for public servants

NSG rolls-out ‘Championing Anti-Discrimination in the Public Service’ and ‘Managing Performance in the Public Service’ courses for public servants
The National School of Government invites public servants to enrol for the Championing Anti-discrimination in the Public Service and Managing Performance in the Public Service courses, directly on the NSG E-learning platform, at no cost.
The Championing Anti-Discrimination in the Public Service course is targeting senior managers and the Managing Performance Course aimed at middle managers to assist them to understand the public service performance management and development system better. The two courses are offered online at no cost as part of providing knowledge and skills for public servants to utilise in delivering services to the public. The NSG has waived the fees for the Championing Anti-Discrimination in the Public Service to enable a speedier self-enrolment and access by public servants. The participants will study at their own pace online.
The ‘Championing Anti-Discrimination in the Public Service’ online course was developed explicitly to empower public servants with information and tools to end discrimination in the public service, amongst public servants and by public servants against the public.
“The course will help public servants to critically reflect on their own beliefs, attitudes, thought patterns, and behaviour. They will identify and apply relevant strategies and principles to challenge discrimination in all contexts, examine legislation that addresses discriminatory processes and plan how these principles can be applied. They will also be able to assess their departmental policies and practices in light of global anti-discrimination standards. Importantly, they will be empowered to initiate and support anti-discriminatory behaviour in the public sector,” said Prof Busani Ngcaweni, the Principal of the NSG. All senior managers are required to undertake the course.
The ‘Managing Performance in the Public Service’ course is designed to assist employees who are not part of the Senior Management Service to manage their own performance and abide by the public service performance management system prescripts. It will enable them to, amongst other things, write performance goals that are measurable, clear, achievable and aligned to organisational objectives, assess performance continuously, identify gaps and compile a suggested plan of action and revise performance objectives where required.
“The courses have been deliberately converted to free courses that are easily available on our e-Learning platform so that public servants can enrol themselves easily and quickly and be able undertake the courses at their pace and convenience,” said Prof Ngcaweni.

Source: Government of South Africa