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Higher Education
Institutional Autonomy of Universities: colloquium with Deputy Minister
29 Mar 2022
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The Committee hosted its colloquium on institutional autonomy at the Bellville Campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and heard from a range of stakeholders such as the Department, Council of Higher Education, Universities South Africa, HETN, COSATU, South African Union of ...
Higher Education
Update on Certification Backlog; Proliferation of Illegal Private Colleges; Quality Assurance of the TVET Examinations; with Deputy Minister
23 Mar 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Higher Education and Training, the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Umalusi to receive an update on the eradication of the certification backlog. The Department of Higher Education and Training also briefed the Committee on the proliferation of illegal private colleges ...
Higher Education
Student unrest in tertiary sector; 2022 student admissions; NSFAS support to students; CGE Report on Gender Transformation Investigation in TVET colleges, with Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, Portfolio Committee in Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Multiparty Women’s Caucus met in a virtual meeting to discuss the student unrest in the tertiary sector, 2022 student admissions ...
Higher Education
Ministerial Task Team Reports on Black Academics; Review of UNISA & 4IR; Ministerial Inquiry on business processes, systems and capacity of NSFAS; with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2022
Ministerial Task Team (MTT) Report on Black Academics
MTT Report on Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
The Committee met with the Department of Higher Education and Training in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing on the reports of the ministerial task teams on black academics, an independent review of the ...
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Department of Science and Innovation Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on its 2020/21 annual report and annual financial statements. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The audit outcome showed that three of the four entities in the portfolio had been ...
Higher Education
HSRC 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
19 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on its 2021 annual report.
The Committee heard that a new board had come into office at the beginning of November, although it had not yet been inducted. The outgoing chairperson ...
Higher Education
National Skills Fund & Services SETA 2020/21 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
17 Nov 2021
The Committee met with the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) to be briefed on their 2020/21 annual reports.
The National Skills Fund reported poor achievement of its performance targets. Its programme for skills development funding achieved only 11 percent ...
Higher Education
Department of Science and Innovation, NRF, SANSA, CSIR 2020/21 Annual Reports
12 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) portfolio. DSI, National Research Foundation (NRF) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) had clean audits. HSRC regressed from a clean audit to unqualified with findings. ...
Higher Education
DHET, NSFAS, SAQA, CHE, QCTO 2020/21 Audits & Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2021
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the 2020/21 audit outcomes for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities such as NSFAS, National Skills Fund (NSF), SAQA, CHE, QCTO, TVET colleges and universities.
Members were pleased with the performance of the entities, ...
Higher Education
DSI on programme of support for District Development model; with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2021
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Science and Innovation on its approach to the District Development Model (DDM). The presentation dealt with the selection of high impact projects to support the delivery of basic services to 35 municipalities, using the DDM as a platform ...