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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education and Training Portfolio Committee Legacy Report
13 Mar 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training considered and adopted the Legacy Report covering its oversight role over the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) during the past five years. It was the final meeting for the Fifth Parliament Committee, and the meeting focused on concluding matters and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee Oversight Report
27 Feb 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training discussed the report on its oversight visit to Northern Cape and Free State from 28 January to 01 February 2019 and minutes. The Committee adopted the oversight report and minutes for the 5th of December 2018 and the 13th of February 2019. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Current Impasse at Higher Education Institutions: stakeholder input; Tshwane South College Public Protector Report; with Minister
13 Feb 2019
The Committee was briefed by stakeholders in the Higher Education sector on why there remained spradic instability at higher education institutions. The South African Union of Students (SAUS) had indicated a potential nation-wide shutdown of campuses if its demands were not met.
South African Union of Students (SAUS) stated that ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Committee Reports
5 Dec 2018
The Committee adopted the Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training on its Study Tour to the Russian Federation on 14 – 21 September 2018. As part of the recommendations, the Committee agreed to invite the Department and provinces to brief the Committee on their student ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS 2018 disbursements & 2019 applications progress; PSET Funding Policy Framework
27 Nov 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education met to hear presentations from the Department of Higher Education and Training, the South African Further Education and Training Student Association, the South African Union of Students and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme on student funding and applications for the 2019 academic year. ...
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
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: consideration
30 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training considered the amendments made to the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill. It did not adopt the Bill because it wanted to the check the costs that were associated with it.
The Committee went through the Bill, clause by clause. It deliberated on ...
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. ...