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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
TVET curriculum review: Department & QCTO
21 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology 21 Oct 2020
The Committee virtual meeting focused on progress in the curriculum review of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector – to ensure it responded to industry needs and enable graduates to find employment – which was ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Certificate backlog: update by SITA & Umalusi, with Minister
20 Oct 2020
The Committee met with the Department, Umalusi and SITA virtually to engage on the progress report on the eradication of the certification backlog. In previous engagements, the Department had set a target of June 2020 for an 80% eradication of the certification backlog – the infamous Day Zero. The certification ...
Basic Education
WC, FS & NW Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
16 Oct 2020
Video: Basic Education and Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture (the Committees) convened for briefings by the Western Cape, Free State and North West Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Saving the 2020 academic year: DHET, USAf & SAUS briefings; meeting postponed
16 Oct 2020
Video: Higher Education, Science and Technology
The Committee met virtually to discuss saving the 2020 academic year, but the meeting was postponed after the Chairperson announced that the Minister would not be attending as he was chairing interviews for the DDG posts for the Department of Science and Innovation. Members ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Buffalo City & Coastal TVET colleges on governance & administration
14 Oct 2020
The Committee met virtually with the Council Chairperson and Executive of the Coastal KZN and Buffalo City TVET Colleges as well as their Student Representative Councils to assess governance and administration.
Besides dissatisfaction with the lack of content and poor quality of the presentations, Members were not happy with a ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NACI 2020 Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators Report; SMU Vice Chancellor inquiry: way forward
13 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology was briefed by the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) on the SA science, technology and innovation-indicators report. The meeting took place on a virtual platform. The STI Indicators Report provides statistics and assessment of NSI contextualised globally since 2019
The ...
Basic Education
KZN & EC Provincial Education Departments on Status and Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Schooling
13 Oct 2020
Video: JM: PC on Basic Education & SC on Education & Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture
The joint Portfolio and Select Committees were briefed, in a virtual meeting, by the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Departments of Basic Education on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in their provinces. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Allegations of maladministration at NSFAS: NEHAWU briefing & NSFAS response
9 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology (NA) 09 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme as his term neared its end. The Administrator’s brief was confined to responding to allegations that had been ...
Health
National Health Amendment Bill: Dr Thembekwayo briefing
7 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, (National Assembly) 07 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the EFF’s Dr S Thembekwayo on her Private Member’s Bill, namely, the National Health Amendment Bill. The Bill was introduced in the Fifth Parliament but lapsed ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
VUT Matters: Administrator progress report & NEHAWU; NSFAS Administrator
6 Oct 2020
The Committee met virtually with the Administrator of the Vaal University of Technology and the executive team, and other stakeholders to assess progress in stabilising the University following the catastrophic collapse of the University Council and the appointment of the administrator in August 2019. The intervention process is scheduled to ...