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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
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 ...
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
Student-centred fees model & outstanding allowances: progress report by NSFAS, DHET, USAf, SACPO, SAUS, SAFETSA; with Minister
30 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on progress in the roll-out of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) student-centred model, and the payment of outstanding allowances to students. The entities which provided details of the wide-ranging challenges they faced, as well as recommendations to resolve troublesome areas, were NSFAS, the Department ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS & Council on Higher Education 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) presented its annual performance plan (APP) to the Committee. A key focus of the plan was to put the necessary system improvements into place and increase its capacity to implement its new mandate of administering the roll-out of fee-free education in 2018/19 effectively. ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department 2018/19 Revised Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
18 Apr 2018
The Department of Higher Education and Training presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) to a joint sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training and the Select Committee on Education and Recreation. This provided Members with an overview of the programmes that the Department would be running in ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University of Zululand Audit Report by CHE and Department response, with Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Council of Higher Education presented its audit of the University of Zululand to the Committee. The audit reported on the institution’s compliance with recommendations made in the hand-over report by the Administrator of the University and was intended to provide a basis for the formation of an improvement strategy. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
IEC on gender quotas; Gender responsive budgets; Sanitary products: Treasury & Minister of Science and Technology input
2 Nov 2017
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which provided a breakdown of the various political parties’ viewpoints regarding the introduction of regulation to enforce a 50/50 quota for gender representation.
Members expressed differing views on the desirability of regulation. It was said that even though members ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Chapter 9 Institutions amalgamation; Violence Against Women & Children Programme of Action; Trafficking in Persons SAPS statistics, with Min of Social Development & Deputy Min of Labour
31 Aug 2017
Approximately 40 women Members of Parliament were in attendance at the start of the Joint Multi-Party Women’s Caucus meeting, with numbers swelling to about 50 as the meeting progressed. The establishment of the Joint Multi-Party Women’s Caucus as a member of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Chapter had been initiated by ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its Quarter 3 performance; with Minister
15 Mar 2017
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on its Third Quarter Performance and Financial Report (October 2016 to December 2016). The Minister of the Department was present in the meeting. It was reported that during the period under review, the total number of planned output targets was 46; ...