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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NRF, SANSA, ASSAf & TIA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
19 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology,19 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings from the National Research Foundation, South African National Space Agency, Technology Innovation Agency and the Academy of Science of South Africa ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Department of Science and Innovation 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister and Deputy
15 May 2020
Video: PC on Higher Education, & SC on Education, Technology, Sports, Arts & Culture 15 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Minister said there have been deep budgetary allocations which had to happen because of the Corona virus. This affects the functioning of ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Minister on plans to save 2020 academic year; DHET 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
14 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
In a joint virtual meeting, the Portfolio and Select Committee heard briefings from the Minister that government intended building two ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS, CHE & SAQA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans; with Deputy Minister
11 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology, 11 May 2020
Audio: NSFAS, CHE & SAQA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
Three entities of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) – the National Student Financial Aid Scheme ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CPUT shutdown
17 Mar 2020
Due to the pandemic travel restrictions announced by the President on 15 March, the agenda had to be adjusted as some stakeholders could not attend the meeting. The Minister wrote to the Committee requesting that the University of Zululand be excused due to sensitive negotiations taking place that were already ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
State of Affairs at TVET colleges: Tshwane North Technical; Gert Sibande & Central Johannesburg
11 Mar 2020
The Committee received briefings from Tshwane North College, Central Johannesburg and Gert Sibande TVET Colleges on their state of affairs. The colleges had similar challenges on enrolments and registration; student accommodation; governance; financial aid bursary disbursements; and student governance. However, the Central Johannesburg and Gert Sibande Student Representative Councils had ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Technology Innovation Agency on challenges, innovation & SMME support: follow-up briefing
10 Mar 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology was briefed on the support provided by the Technology Innovation Agency to Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises, and grassroots innovators.
The Agency also addressed the geographic footprint of technology stations around the country, to delineate for the Committee the beneficiaries of ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Indigenous Knowledge Systems & IKS legislation overview
19 Feb 2020
Documents handed out: Key Aspects of the Indigenous Knowledge Legislation and Implementation Readiness
The Department of Science and Innovation told the Committee that the Indigenous Knowledge Act was essentially about redress, and bringing indigenous knowledge into the main stream. It was also a transformative Act, because it addressed how indigenous communities ...
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 ...