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Higher Education
Health Innovation investments & initiatives: Department of Science and Innovation
26 Nov 2021
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) spoke about health innovation within the bio-economy; quadruple burden of disease in South Africa; health innovation opportunities; drivers of health innovation; convergence of technologies in health innovation; the DSI Decadal Plan in health innovation; diagnostic test for breast cancer; capacity development; global ...
Higher Education
GBVF National Strategic Plan implementation & Gender Equality in Tertiary Institutions
24 Nov 2021
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) presented its progress on gender-responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation and auditing for inclusion of targeted groups in Science, Technology And Innovation (STI) programmes and initiatives.
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) gave a progress report on the National Strategic ...
Basic Education
Umalusi & SACE 2020/21 Annual Report
23 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) and the South African Council for Educators (SACE) on their annual reports
The Committee commended Umalusi for receiving their second clean ...
Higher Education
HSRC 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
19 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on its 2021 annual report.
The Committee heard that a new board had come into office at the beginning of November, although it had not yet been inducted. The outgoing chairperson ...
Higher Education
National Skills Fund & Services SETA 2020/21 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
17 Nov 2021
The Committee met with the National Skills Fund (NSF) and the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) to be briefed on their 2020/21 annual reports.
The National Skills Fund reported poor achievement of its performance targets. Its programme for skills development funding achieved only 11 percent ...
Basic Education
FFC on Expenditure Patterns in respect of Infrastructure, Conditional Grants & Equity in Education; DBE Audit Outcomes
16 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was briefed by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on expenditure patterns with respect to infrastructure and conditional grants and equity in education; the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) also briefed the Committee on audit outcomes of the Department ...
Higher Education
Department of Science and Innovation, NRF, SANSA, CSIR 2020/21 Annual Reports
12 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) portfolio. DSI, National Research Foundation (NRF) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) had clean audits. HSRC regressed from a clean audit to unqualified with findings. ...
Higher Education
DHET, NSFAS, SAQA, CHE, QCTO 2020/21 Audits & Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2021
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the 2020/21 audit outcomes for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and its entities such as NSFAS, National Skills Fund (NSF), SAQA, CHE, QCTO, TVET colleges and universities.
Members were pleased with the performance of the entities, ...
Basic Education
Department of Basic Education 2020/21 Annual Report
9 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee on its annual report for 2020/21, providing details of its achievements and challenges in meeting its objectives for the period under review. Its presentation included an overview of the service delivery environment and ...
Basic Education
2021 Examinations-Readiness: DBE & Umalusi briefing
9 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) informed the Committee today that the Director-General had already requested an urgent meeting with the Eskom CEO, which is expected to occur in the next few days. The committee was assured that it would be appraised ...