Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: adoption of committee report
15 Nov 2018
The Committee Report on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B 20 – 2018] was adopted with minor changes. The Committee had adopted the report the previous day.
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Amendment Bill: finalisation
14 Nov 2018
The Committee continued its consideration and deliberations on the National Qualification Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018] A and B-lists.
It adopted the A-list with no amendments, and the B-list with a few amendments. It adopted clauses 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6 without any amendments, and amended sub-clauses 1 (b) ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
8 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training met to consider and revert back to a decision on the referral of qualification or part-qualification to the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for verification and evaluation. The legal team presented its input on Clause 32 (1) 9a) (b) and (c) and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
7 Nov 2018
The Committee met to continue its consideration and deliberations on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill, dealing with the contents clause by clause.
The Committee heard that the issue around the ‘data format being determined in consultation with SAQA’ was that there would be a possibility of a disjuncture between ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee reports
31 Oct 2018
The meeting began with the Members proposing several stylistic suggestions and pointing out multiple grammatical errors within the content of the report. Cognisant of time, it was suggested that there should be a Parliamentary unit established for the primary mandate of proofreading and editing the reports after they have been ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations
24 Oct 2018
The Committee met to consider and discuss the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20-2018].
The Committee felt that since at least three stakeholders had bemoaned the definition of ‘authentic’ as being vague and creating confusion, it wanted to know whether the newly drafted definition covered all the possibilities of inauthenticity. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
Higher Education BRRR available once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered two Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs). These were the draft report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, and the report with specific reference to the National Student Financial Aid ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations
11 Oct 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on whether the amendments being affected carried the objects of the National Qualification Framework Amendment Bill. The briefing also looked at whether the Bill could possibly have any legal or constitutional challenges going forward. He then read through his presentation. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Council for Higher Education, SAQA & QCTO 2017/18 Annual Report
10 Oct 2018
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) said the year had seen the higher education landscape regain some degree of normality following the turmoil of the 2016 academic year. A giant step had been taken towards addressing the imperative of social justice by declaring that students from poor ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2017/18 Annual Report with AGSA input; with Minister
9 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education met to hear briefings from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, as well as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme on their annual report.
AGSA reported its findings on the audits of the ...