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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training on its 2013/14 Annual Report
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) presented its annual report for the 2013/14 fiscal year. It looked at its strategic goals, such as increasing the number of skilled youths and expanding access to education and training; to adequately capacitating individual institutions to effectively provide or facilitate all learning; ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Audit Outcomes of Department of Higher Education and Training: AGSA briefing
14 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on the audit outcomes of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities for the 2013/2014 financial year. Members were told that the purpose of the presentation was to give them an insight into the audit outcomes in order to understand what had given ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: University of Fort Hare briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was briefed by the University of Fort Hare management and its Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the students’ protests, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), infrastructural development, and the graduation and retention rates at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The University ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student protests: Mangosuthu University of Technology & Limpopo University briefings
27 Aug 2014
The Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Limpopo briefed the Committee on the recent student protests that took place in both Universities. Common issues were identified by each University, and input was also sought from the Student Representative Council, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme & Council on Higher Education on their Strategic Plans
3 Jul 2014
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget for 2014/2015. The presentation focused on the new student model which was approved by Parliament in 2012, and the NSFAS transformation programme. The new system was set up to provide a centralised point to receive ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Election of Chairperson; Committee Programme
25 Jun 2014
This Committee met for the first time to elect its Chairperson. In a process led by the Committee Secretary, Ms Yvonne Nkwenkwezi Phosa (ANC) was elected, without any objection, as the Chairperson of the Committee.