The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training was established in terms of Chapter 4 of the Constitution and Rule 199 of the Rules of National Assembly to exercise oversight and the monitoring of the newly established Department of Higher Education and Training and its entities. The Committee shared the Department's vision for the location of the sub- systems of further education and training colleges, adult education and training, higher education, workplace learning, and skills development initiatives into one department. This created an opportunity for maximising coordination among these components of the learning delivery system.