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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry day 1
16 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology
Audio: SMU Vice Chancellor Inquiry
27 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: analysis of witnesses statements
13 Oct 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: way forward
18 Aug 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor allegations; with Ministry
17 Jul 2020: SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Mangosuthu University of Technology on governance & related matters
12 Feb 2021
Video: PC on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 12 February 2021
Audio: Mangosuthu University of Technology on governance & related matters
The Committee met with the Council of the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) and the suspended Vice-Chancellor in a virtual meeting to receive briefings on its governance and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS 2019/20 Annual Report; with Auditor-General & Ministry
10 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 10 February 2021
The Committee met virtually with Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and the new National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board and CEO appointed at the end of November 2020 to receive briefings on the 2019/20 ...
Basic Education
2021 School Readiness; 2nd Chance Matric Programme, Basic Education Employment Initiative; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2020
Video: JM : PC on Basic Education and SC on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture
The Portfolio Committee and Select Committee on Education held a joint virtual meeting for a briefing by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on school readiness monitoring for 2021, Second Chance Matric Programme ...
Basic Education
Umalusi & SACE 2019/20 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2020
The Committee was pleased by the first clean audit opinion (with no material findings) of the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training - Umalusi - and by the work that they had been doing. The Committee also commended the hard word work ...
Basic Education
DBE 2019/20 Annual Report & 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
10 Nov 2020
In a joint virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education briefed the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education on its progress of November 2020 examination readiness, 2019/20 Annual Report and the 2020/21 first quarterly report.
The Department reported on the resilience of learners writing November 2020 examinations under such difficult ...
Basic Education
2019/20 DBE Audit Outcomes & Expenditure Patterns in respect of ASIDI, Conditional Grants & Equity in Education: FFC briefing
3 Nov 2020
A joint meeting of the Portfolio and Select Committees on Education were briefed, on a virtual platform, by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on expenditure patterns of conditional grants and equity in education. The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the joint committees on audit outcomes of the Department ...
Basic Education
EC & FS Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling; with the Deputy Minister
30 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, and in the presence of the Deputy Minister, the Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed by the Free State Department of Basic Education and the Eastern Cape Department of Basic Education on the status and impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on schools.
Members heard that the ...
Basic Education
Preparations & Readiness for 2020 NSC Examination: DBE and Umalusi briefing; with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, (National Assembly) 27 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) briefed the Committee on the preparedness of grade 12 learners and the system’s readiness for ...
Basic Education
WC, FS & NW Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
16 Oct 2020
Video: Basic Education and Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture (the Committees) convened for briefings by the Western Cape, Free State and North West Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) ...