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 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: University of Fort Hare briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by the University of Fort Hare management and its Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the students’ protests, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), infrastructural development, and the graduation and retention rates at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The University ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: Mangosuthu University of Technology & Limpopo University briefings
27 Aug 2014
The Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Limpopo briefed the Committee on the recent student protests that took place in both Universities. Common issues were identified by each University, and input was also sought from the Student Representative Council, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme & Council on Higher Education on their Strategic Plans
3 Jul 2014
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget for 2014/2015. The presentation focused on the new student model which was approved by Parliament in 2012, and the NSFAS transformation programme. The new system was set up to provide a centralised point to receive ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education & Training on its 2014 Strategic Plan
1 Jul 2014
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in the presence of the Minister and Deputy Minister, presented an overview of the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2014/15. During the meeting, the Department reiterated its vision in line with the mandate, to provide adequate access to educational and skills ...