Vision Our vision is of a South Africa in which all our people have access to lifelong education and training opportunities, which will in turn contribute towards improving the quality of life and building a peaceful, prosperous and democratic society. Mission To provide leadership in the construction of a South African education and training system for the 21st century. Objectives o Making our provincial system work by making co-operative government work.o Breaking the back of illiteracy among adults and youths in five years.o Developing schools as centres of community life.o Ending conditions of physical degradation in South African schools.o Developing the professional quality of our teaching force.o Ensuring the success of active learning through outcomes-based education.o Creating a vibrant further education and training system to equip youth and adults to meet the social and economic needs of the 21st century.o Building a rational, seamless higher education system that grasps the intellectual and professional challenges facing South Africans in the 21st century.o Dealing urgently and purposefully with the HIV/AIDS emergency in and through the education and training system.