On the 21 November 2023, the occasion of the opening applications for 2024, Universities were discouraged from embarking on lengthy contracts since NSFAS is finalising its concept note on piloting student accommodation in universities at the start of the academic year 2024. Should CPUT be selected or asked to be part of the pilot project, NSFAS will advise on its decision to accredit or ...
More »a) (i) The budgets for Higher Education Institutions are published in the Appropriation Bill annually.
(ii) The budgets for Higher Education Institutions are made public quarterly
b) (i) The amount transferred to Higher Education Institutions are published in the Annual Report of the Department.
(ii) The total amount transferred to Higher Education Institutions are made public quarterly.
The Department is currently finalizing the infrastructure plan for 2024/25 financial year. However, the plan consists of the completion of campuses that are under construction.
The process of planning for new campuses is dependent on the budget which has not been finalized. The projects that are in the plan are summarized below:
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NAME OF FACILITY |
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Province |
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Ikhala TVET College |
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The Department did not conduct any financial audit on the University of Venda in the 2022-23 financial year. In terms of the Department’s annual reporting regulations for universities, an annual audit of the financial statements of a university is conducted by external auditors appointed by the University. All universities submit their annual report with the audited financial statements to the Department at the end ...
More »a) The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) has elected to audit all 50 TVET Colleges as part of its mandate as provided through the Public Audit Act. The AGSA implemented a phased-in approach over a 4-year period, in which all 50 TVET were audited from the 2017 financial year. The audit outcomes of the TVET Colleges for the period 2017 to 2022 is listed ...
I, the Deputy Minister, and any department staff did not attend the Rugby World Cup in France in 2023 in an official capacity. The Honourable Member should note that nothing prevented officials from attending the Rugby World Cup final in France at their own expense.
Once again, we ...
There is no motive or desire to withhold the report. I have tasked my team to process the report further to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation.
More »(a) How does Higher Health ensure that adequate mental health support is provided to students who need it beyond the incidental and event-based hotline that caters for emergency situations, (b) how does his department ensure the provision of sustainable solutions and ongoing intervention through Higher Health to students who require it and
HIGHER HEALTH Mental Health Program is structured on three levels of interventions: ...
a) The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Giyani Campus is being established at the former Giyani College of Education which is currently owned by the Limpopo Department of Education (LDE). In May 2023, my department commenced with a feasibility study for the establishment of the campus, but it then experienced a delay of more than 5 months from the side of LDE. An agreement ...