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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training & its entities 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan: AGSA on audit outcomes; DHET Budget for 2016/17 analysis: Finance and Fiscal Commission briefing
5 Apr 2016
The Financial and Fiscal Commission informed the Committee about the budget allocations and challenges facing the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). There were challenges and risks because the government had agreed to a 0% increase in university fees, which had resulted in consideration being given for free education. ...
Basic Education
Meeting with visiting New Zealand Parliamentary Delegation
17 Mar 2016
The Portfolio Committees on Basic and Higher Education and Training sat jointly to receive a delegation from New Zealand's Parliament. Officials were present from each of the departments to give a broad background to their functions and work. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) described its sustainable development goals towards ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: deliberations
15 Mar 2016
The Committee deliberated on the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015] on a clause-by-clause basis. A DA MP suggested that “specified period” in clause 12 amending (3B) should be replaced by within a “reasonable time”. The Department together with the State Law Advisor highlighted that the inclusion of “specified period” would ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Department response to submissions; deliberations
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) said the Committee’s proposed amendments to the Bill were mostly technical issues.
The submission by USAf contained eight concerns of which four are being considered by the Department, while it disagrees with three points raised by USAf and one item DHET found ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Ministry & Department response to submissions
24 Feb 2016
The Minister and Deputy Minister were present to hear the Department response to the public submissions on the Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015].
In the submission by South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions (SAPTA), the Department explained that section 3(1) of the principal Act was peremptory and therefore these amendments ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: public hearings Day 2
17 Feb 2016
In their submission, Universities South Africa stated that they supported the Bill in general, with some improvements, but that they were concerned that the Bill eroded institutional autonomy and gave the Minister of Education unrestrained power and control over the Higher Education sector. Universities South Africa therefore urged the Committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: public hearings Day 1
16 Feb 2016
The South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union (SAPTU) said many of the proposed amendments were necessary for the more effective functioning of the higher education sector. SAPTU comments on the Bill were limited to three main sections: transformation goals and oversight mechanisms; ministerial directives and the appointment of an ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University and TVET Colleges registration and enrolments, allocation of funding: Department and NSFAS briefings, with Minister present
10 Feb 2016
The Minister of Higher Education and Training attended the meeting at which the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) briefed the Committee on registrations, enrolments and new arrangements at universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges (TVETs) in the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2015 examination results by Umalusi; National Certificate Vocational certification backlog: SITA progress report
3 Feb 2016
The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) briefed the Committee on the quality assurance of Higher Education examination results for 2015. Section 17 of the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance (GENFETQA) Act stipulated that Umalusi must conducts assessments in a certain ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Meeting with Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches
28 Jan 2016
The Portfolio committees on Science and Technology & Higher Education and Training (DHET) had a joint meeting with the Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches. The Norwegian delegation was visiting South Africa to forge partnerships with the Department of Higher Education and Training on matters of research and ...