Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Review of Department of Higher Education & Training's Annual Performance Plan: Auditor-General briefing
15 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa provided insight on the 2017/18 draft Annual Performance Plans of the Department and its public entities. The review focused on the SMART criteria and whether the performance targets set by the Department and its entities met the criteria.
The AGSA noted that ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
New SETA landscape
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the National Skills Development Plan and Sector Education and Training Authority Landscape to the Committee and shared their developments upon opening the proposal up for public comment and the Department’s plans for transformation and integration of the post-school education and training system. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its Quarter 3 performance
1 Mar 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented the Third Quarter performance report 2016/17. The Department had 38 performance indicators that encompassed 70 targets, but in the quarter under review, there were ten targets, mainly in the core delivery programmes of University Education, Skills Development and the Community Education and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Examination certificate backlog challenges and process: Department, Umalusi and State Information Technology Agency briefings
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Umalusi briefed the Committee on the backlog in issuing certification of qualifications. DHET covered the reasons for non-release, the gaps in the 2016 November certification process, the status of that certification and the way forward. Some ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS Student Centred Model: briefing; Action Plan to address issues raised by College management and stakeholders during oversight visit: Department & South West Gauteng TVET College briefing
15 Feb 2017
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme presented the report on the rollout of the new Student Centred Model, which included challenges and progress on student funding applications. The Student Centred Model allowed Matriculants or equivalent pupils that were first-time entrants to Higher Education Institutions, as well as returning students who ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Plan for Post-School Education and Training funding & implementation: DHET progress report
30 Nov 2016
The delegation of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented the National Plan for Post-School Education and Training (NP- PSET), covering its vision for Continuing Education and Training (CET), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and Higher Education at the university level.
The delegation of the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on Quarter 2 performance
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), reporting on its second quarter performance, said during the period under review it had achieved ten of the 12 planned delivery targets for its core programmes, which covered university education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), continuing education and training (CET), ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2017 Readiness of universities and TVET colleges; Financial statistics on Higher Education Institutions in 2015: Stats SA
16 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on the financial factors affecting the various stakeholders involved in higher education institutions, and received in-depth background information to contextualise the problems that had surfaced in 2016. The Department of Higher Education and Training ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Legislation & international agreements implementation/review: DHET progress report; CATHSSETA on its Annual Report 2015/16
2 Nov 2016
The delegates of DHET briefed the Committee on progress on the implementation of the International agreements and on legislation due for review. The main drivers for educational cooperation are the exchange of best practices and benchmarking in a global context, pursuing international opportunities for human resource and ...
Basic Education
Improving Initial Teacher Education: DBE & DHET input; Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD)
1 Nov 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) made a joint presentation on the Implementation of Measures to Improve Initial Teacher Education Programmes and Continuing Professional Teacher Development. There are four key outputs of the Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for teacher education and ...