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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2018
Higher Education BRRR available once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee considered two Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs). These were the draft report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, and the report with specific reference to the National Student Financial Aid ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: deliberations
11 Oct 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on whether the amendments being affected carried the objects of the National Qualification Framework Amendment Bill. The briefing also looked at whether the Bill could possibly have any legal or constitutional challenges going forward. He then read through his presentation. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Council for Higher Education, SAQA & QCTO 2017/18 Annual Report
10 Oct 2018
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) said the year had seen the higher education landscape regain some degree of normality following the turmoil of the 2016 academic year. A giant step had been taken towards addressing the imperative of social justice by declaring that students from poor ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Higher Education and Training 2017/18 Annual Report
9 Oct 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2017/18 Annual Report with AGSA input; with Minister
9 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education met to hear briefings from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, as well as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme on their annual report.
AGSA reported its findings on the audits of the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS payment of student allowances; with Minister; NQF Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions
12 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training heard briefings by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) on updates in the payment of allowances due to students at universities and TVET colleges. The DHET also gave a response on stakeholder’s ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament’s Draft 2019/20 Budget & APP: Acting Secretary to Parliament & Treasury briefing
12 Sep 2018
The Committee held a briefing with National Treasury and Parliament’s Acting Secretary on Parliament’s 2019/20 budget and annual performance plan. An update on the disciplinary process involving Secretary to Parliament was also received.
National Treasury indicated that Parliament like other national institutions receive its appropriation through a vote in the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill: public hearings
5 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training held public hearings on the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill [B20 – 2018]
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) welcomed the NQF Amendment Bill, saying this was a step in the right direction towards strengthening the NQF Act. Although it was generally ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
SETA new landscape; Post-School Education and Training National Plan; with Minister and Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to receive presentations on progress with the finalisation of the new Sectoral Education and Training Authority (SETA) landscape, and on the National Plan for Post-School Education and Training (PSET). The meeting was attended by both the Minister ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS progress report
16 Aug 2018
Various stakeholders were requested by the Committee to report back on progress made, and to respond to questions posed to them, with regard to National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowance payments. The Committee had conducted its own research at the educational institutions to try and identify the issues, and ...