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Basic Education
Umalusi & SACE 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Deputy Minister
22 Mar 2022
Annual Performance Plans 2022/23
In a virtual meeting, the Committee generally welcomed the presentations by the Umalusi Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) and the South African Council of Educators (SACE), and congratulated both Councils on successfully navigating through some real challenges and emerging ...
Higher Education
Student unrest in tertiary sector; 2022 student admissions; NSFAS support to students; CGE Report on Gender Transformation Investigation in TVET colleges, with Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture, Portfolio Committee in Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Multiparty Women’s Caucus met in a virtual meeting to discuss the student unrest in the tertiary sector, 2022 student admissions ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
15 Mar 2022
Annual Performance Plans 2022/23
Members welcomed the presentation in a virtual meeting by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on its annual performance plan, but raised concerns on the learning time that had been lost due to Covid-19, and asked if learners would be able to catch up. They were ...
Higher Education
NSFAS, Services SETA & NSF on implementation of audit action plan
11 Mar 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform with the National Skills Fund (NSF), the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Services SETA in the presence of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Auditor-General to receive briefings on the status of the implementation of ...
Higher Education
DHET & DSI Quarter 2 & 3 2021/22 Performance; Implementation of audit action plan
4 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) to receive presentations on their 2020/21 quarter two and three performance reports, as well as to be advised of progress in the implementation of ...
Higher Education
Recent student protests: UKZN, DUT, USAf & SAUS input
2 Mar 2022
The Committee met with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Durban University of Technology and their Student Representative Councils joined by the South African Union of Students (SAUS), Universities South Africa to receive briefings on the recent student protests in the two universities. Each stakeholder presented its perspective on the ...
Basic Education
Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign & Action plan to create safe schools learning environments: DBE briefing; with Minister and Deputy Minister
1 Mar 2022
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on the objectives of the Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC), and its achievements thus far.
The main objective of the QLTC was to mobilise stakeholders to play a role in achieving quality education ...
Higher Education
Internationalisation of Higher Education: DSI and DHET cooperation
25 Feb 2022
The Committee welcomed the reports from Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). They said DSI and DHET shone a light on what can be achieved when government departments stop working in silos and collaborate for more impact. This was highly commended ...
Higher Education
Ministerial Task Team Reports on Black Academics; Review of UNISA & 4IR; Ministerial Inquiry on business processes, systems and capacity of NSFAS; with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2022
Ministerial Task Team (MTT) Report on Black Academics
MTT Report on Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
The Committee met with the Department of Higher Education and Training in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing on the reports of the ministerial task teams on black academics, an independent review of the ...
Basic Education
Implications and Impact of SONA; President’s SONA 2022; with Deputy Minister
22 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
PMG was not present at the meeting. The below is compiled based on the Committee’s official minutes