Higher Education, Science and Innovation
TVET colleges and universities: enrolment / registration 2015; NSFAS on 2015 loans/bursaries allocation to students, with Minister present
18 Feb 2015
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) met with the Committee to brief Members on the process of registration and enrolment at universities and Technical and Vocational Education Training Colleges (TVET) for the year 2015. The Department indicated that students enrolling to study scarce skills for the first time ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Safety and Security SETA and Public Service SETA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
19 Nov 2014
The Committee was told that SASSETA had been experiencing governance and administration challenges. The organisation’s environment lacked stability. Several key posts were vacant and there had been a number of resignations and dismissals. A number of investigations had been carried out, resulting in disciplinary processes. Measures had been taken to ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET on progress report in migration process of Technical & Vocational Education & Training colleges, with Minister
12 Nov 2014
The Chairperson opened the meeting with a brief introduction to the migration process. There were currently challenges and anomalies within the post-schooling education sector because it was managed differently by each of the provinces. The migration of this sector to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) was therefore ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Local Government Sector Education & Training Authority & Services SETA on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
5 Nov 2014
The Chairperson reflected on the role that SETAs should play in developing the country and contributing to increasing the pool of skilled people. The problem was that this was not currently happening as the SETAs were facing problems with governance, administration, financial management, monitoring and evaluation which resulted in SETAs ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Skills Fund & National Skills Association on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
29 Oct 2014
The National Skills Fund (NSF) and National Skills Association (NSA) presented their annual reports for 2013/14 to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training.
The NSF said its mandate was to fund skills development projects of national priority, as per the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III, section 28 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education and Training Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee met briefly to discuss the BRRR, minutes of proceedings and minutes of previous Committee meetings.
The Committee went through the budget report page-by-page and Members gave their recommendations on sentence structures, recommendations of the proper use of words, change of the font and size, the use of ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
South African Qualifications Authority & Quality Council for Trades &Occupations on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
17 Oct 2014
The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations briefed the Committee on its 2013/14 Annual Report. The mandate of this organisation was to ensure that occupational qualifications were developed, and quality was assured, and the Council was also mandated to manage the Occupational Qualifications Sub Framework (OQSF). There had been a ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS & Council on Higher Education on their Annual Reports 2013/2014
16 Oct 2014
Summary
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and Council on Higher Education (CHE) presented their annual reports to the Portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said the unprecedented strikes in various institutions were a major concern but media attention was ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2013/14 Annual Report
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report for the 2013/14 fiscal year. It looked at its strategic goals, such as increasing the number of skilled youths and expanding access to education and training; to adequately capacitating individual institutions to effectively provide or facilitate all learning; ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Audit Outcomes of Department of Higher Education and Training: AGSA briefing
14 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on the audit outcomes of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities for the 2013/2014 financial year. Members were told that the purpose of the presentation was to give them an insight into the audit outcomes in order to understand what had given ...