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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: Department response to submissions; deliberations
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) said the Committee’s proposed amendments to the Bill were mostly technical issues.
The submission by USAf contained eight concerns of which four are being considered by the Department, while it disagrees with three points raised by USAf and one item DHET found ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Amendment Bill [B39-2015]: Department of Communications briefing
8 Mar 2016
The Committee received a briefing on the Broadcasting Amendment Bill from the Department of Communications. The Bill will lead to a reduction in the number of non-executive directors in the Board, from twelve to nine, in order to strengthen the Board and also to streamline its operation. These changes were ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill [B37-2015]: briefing
23 Feb 2016
The Committee received the Films and Publications Amendment Bill presentation from the Department of Communications. Notable amendments include new section 18F that deals with ‘revenge porn’, prohibiting a person to distribute private sexual photographs and films in any electronic medium including the internet and social networking sites without the consent ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: public hearings Day 2
17 Feb 2016
In their submission, Universities South Africa stated that they supported the Bill in general, with some improvements, but that they were concerned that the Bill eroded institutional autonomy and gave the Minister of Education unrestrained power and control over the Higher Education sector. Universities South Africa therefore urged the Committee ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: public hearings Day 1
16 Feb 2016
The South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union (SAPTU) said many of the proposed amendments were necessary for the more effective functioning of the higher education sector. SAPTU comments on the Bill were limited to three main sections: transformation goals and oversight mechanisms; ministerial directives and the appointment of an ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University and TVET Colleges registration and enrolments, allocation of funding: Department and NSFAS briefings, with Minister present
10 Feb 2016
The Minister of Higher Education and Training attended the meeting at which the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) briefed the Committee on registrations, enrolments and new arrangements at universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges (TVETs) in the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
2015 examination results by Umalusi; National Certificate Vocational certification backlog: SITA progress report
3 Feb 2016
The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) briefed the Committee on the quality assurance of Higher Education examination results for 2015. Section 17 of the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance (GENFETQA) Act stipulated that Umalusi must conducts assessments in a certain ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
First Term Draft Committee Programme; 2015 outstanding minutes: adoption
2 Feb 2016
Documents handed out:
First term draft Committee Programme
Committee Minutes dated 22 September 2015
Committee Minutes dated 22 October 2015
The Committee briefly discussed and approved its first term programme. The next meeting would be held after the State of the Nation Address in order to take into account as ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Meeting with Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches
28 Jan 2016
The Portfolio committees on Science and Technology & Higher Education and Training (DHET) had a joint meeting with the Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches. The Norwegian delegation was visiting South Africa to forge partnerships with the Department of Higher Education and Training on matters of research and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Higher Education Amendment Bill [B36-2015]: briefing
27 Jan 2016
In its first meeting of 2016, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training on the Higher Education Amendment Bill. The Department held that the Bill did not represent a major policy shift from the original Higher Education Act of 1997. Rather, the Bill seeks ...