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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Certificate backlog: SITA, DHET, Umalusi; with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
DHET explained that certification backlog is defined as all eligible candidates who met the certification requirements but were not yet issued with certificates within three months from results approved by Umalusi. It reported to the Committee on:
• Progress and status of the certification backlog statistics
• Key obstacles to ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Student Housing Infrastructure Programme (SHIP); with Minister
11 Feb 2020
The Minister and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Committee on its Student Housing Infrastructure Programme (SHIP) which aims to provide another 300 000 beds at the 26 public universities and 50 TVET colleges at over 300 campuses in all nine provinces over 10 years. Through the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill: adoption; Committee Reports
3 Dec 2019
The Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill [B42B-2018] was adopted as revived from the Fifth Parliament without amendment. The Committee considered and adopted its Committee Reports on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme; SETA Annual Reports; Post-School Education and Training Sector; 4IR Colloquium; ICGEB Convention; and the Science and Technology ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Tshwane University of Technology corruption allegations; with Minister
27 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology engaged with the Tshwane University of Technology on the allegations of corruption, maladministration, nepotism and abuse of power levelled by various university stakeholders at the university.
It received a detailed response from the university on all the allegations raised, and an ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Services SETA & CETA governance and management: follow-up meeting; with Minister
26 Nov 2019
Two Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), the Services SETA and the Construction SETA, appeared before the Committee to respond to allegations of corruption and mismanagement within their entities.
The Services SETA provided explanations dealing with several issues raised by the Auditor-General (AG) arising from the audit of its 2018/19 ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Technology Innovation Agency & National Student Financial Aid Scheme 2018/19 Annual Reports
13 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Technology Information Agency (TIA) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on their annual reports for the 2018/19 financial year.
For the TIA, this was a return visit, as it had been instructed at its previous meeting with the Committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
TVET colleges governance & management; NSFAS audit; MTBPS implications
12 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The NSFAS has received a qualified audit report; however there were more qualification areas in comparison to last year. Some material mistakes were made in calculating liability and currently it could not be rectified before the audit report ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Post-School Education & Training Sector funding colloquium
6 Nov 2019
The Committee convened to have extensive discussions on the funding of the Post School Education and Training sector. Various stakeholders including the Department of Higher Education and Training, the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, the National Research Foundation, Student leadership, Feenix and private providers made presentations at the meeting.
Members ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Eradicating certification backlog in TVET colleges progress report: DHET, Umalusi & SITA briefing
5 Nov 2019
The Committee raised concerns about the absence of the key leadership figures in the Ministry, Department and State IT Agency throughout the meeting.
The acting Deputy Director-General for technical and vocational education and training at the Department of Higher Education and Training outlined to the Committee the nature and scale ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Agriculture SETA, Construction SETA & Services SETA 2018/19 Annual Reports
30 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider the annual performance reports of three Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) – the Agriculture (Agri-SETA), Construction (CETA) and Services (SSETA).
The Agri-SETA said it would focus on shifting economic development to rural areas and invest in skills development initiatives in ...