2018-w2894 - 09 November 2018

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

What number of students are beneficiaries of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme at each institution of higher learning in each province from 1 January 2018 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 9 Nov 2018

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has provided the following information as at 18 September 2018 in relation to the number of students that are beneficiaries at each institution of higher learning:

Number of beneficiaries per University:

No.

Institutions (Universities)

New student

Returning student
   

Students funded

Students funded

1

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

5008

7264

2

Central University of ...

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2018-w2933 - 07 November 2018

Xalisa, Mr Z R to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(a) What (i) is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by (aa) her department and (bb) each entity reporting to her (aaa) in the past three financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2018 and (ii) is the name of each company or contractor and (b) what amount is each employee paid?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

(a)-(b) The tables below provide the details of the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by the Department and its entities with the name of each company or contractor and contract value.

Department of Higher Education and Training

Financial Year

Number of Employees

Type of Services

Company Name

Contract value in Rand

1 April 2015 –
31 ...

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2018-w2893 - 07 November 2018

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(a) What number of institutions of higher learning in the country have contracts with a certain company (name furnished) as at 9 October 2018 and (b) what (i) is the (aa) value and (bb) length of the contract in each case and (ii) are the relevant details of the goods and services that the specified company provides in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

(a) Seven (7) universities have confirmed that they have contracts with South Point while fifteen (15) universities have no contracts with the company. Four (4) universities, i.e. University of Cape Town, University of Fort Hare, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Vaal University of Technology did not respond.

(b)The details related to each confirmed contract, as provided by the institutions, are indicated in the table below: ...

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2018-w2972 - 07 November 2018

Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(1)What number of applications for accreditation of educational programmes were (a) received and (b) finalised by the Council on Higher Education in each of the past three financial years;

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

The Council on Higher Education (CHE) provided the following response to the questions posed.

  1. - (2) The table below shows the number of applications received, finalised and accredited:

Financial year

Applications received

Applications finalised

Applications accredited

Percentage of finalised accredited

2015/16

483

424

292

68%

2016/17

463

681

549

81%

2017/18

580

784

610

78%

It should be noted that programmes submitted in one ...

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2018-w2967 - 07 November 2018

Mogamad Nazier Paulsen to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

What is the total number of (a) students that each institution of higher learning can accommodate and (b) new rooms that are currently being built at each institution of higher learning?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

(a) The total number of students that the 26 public universities can accommodate is 128 714.

(b) The new beds that are in the process of being built at institutions from 2018/19 onwards are 39 332, as shown in the table below:

University

Number of beds 2017/18

Beds being developed from 2018/19
  1. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

7 817

250
  1. Central University of Technology

944

500 ...

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2018-w3111 - 07 November 2018

Mbulelo Richmond Bara to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

Whether, since she served in Cabinet, she (a)(i) was ever influenced by any person and/or (ii) influenced any of her department’s employees to take any official administrative action on behalf of any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (b) attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

(a) (i) No.

(ii) No.

(aa) No.

(bb) No.

(cc) No.

(b) No.

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2018-w2971 - 07 November 2018

Gerhardus Cornelius Oosthuizen to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(1) What number of learners, excluding those being allocated the National Senior Certificate, Nated qualifications and the National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4, achieved full level 4 qualifications in the (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 financial years; (2) what number of learners that achieved full level 4 qualifications were in learnership agreements when they achieved the qualifications in the (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 financial years; (3) has she found that the learnership programme has been functioning at the levels and in accordance with the vision of Government since the learnership system was introduced in legislation; if not, what changes can be expected in the near future?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 7 Nov 2018

  1. - (2) The table below provides the number of learners who received the full level 4 NATED and National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 qualifications as well as the number of learners in learnership agreements when they achieved their qualifications:

Sector Education and Training Authority

Financial Year (Period)
  1. Number of full level 4 NATED and NC(V) Level 4 qualifications
  1. Number of learners that achieved full ...
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2018-w2835 - 02 November 2018

Belinda Bozzoli to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(a) What number of the students who were awarded funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2018 academic year had not received their funding as at 20 September 2018 and (b) for what number of the specified students was funding (i) not yet paid to the institution due to (aa) a lack of registration data that must be received by NSFAS and (bb) the student not having signed a bursary agreement despite registration data having been received by NSFAS, (ii) paid to the institution, but not allocated to a student due to a lack of remittances sent with the payment to the institution and (iii) (aa) not yet received by the student for other reason(s) and (bb) what is the number of affected students in respect of each other reason?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 2 Nov 2018

(a) A student only becomes eligible for funding once they have been approved as financially eligible by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and is academically eligible through the confirmation of registration by the relevant institution. As of 12 October 2018, 3 242 students, who had been confirmed as eligible for funding and signed their agreements, was being processed for payment.

(b) (i) (aa) ...

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2018-w2757 - 23 October 2018

Belinda Bozzoli to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

(1)What number of (a) cases of (i) rape, (ii) gender-based violence, (iii) murder, (iv) homicide and (v) fatal attacks have been reported at each campus of each (aa) university and (bb) technical and vocational education and training college since 1 January 2014 and (b) the specified cases (i) went to court and (ii) resulted in convictions; (2) will her department be monitoring the rates of gender-based violence occurring on campuses in order to assess whether her department’s new gender-based violence policy is having an effect; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 23 Oct 2018

  1. The Department currently does not routinely monitor such cases at university and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) campuses. The Department has initiated a process to collect such data from institutions and developed an instrument to be distributed to institutions. Once responses have been received, a report will be provided.
  2. The Gender Based Violence (GBV) Policy and Strategic Framework is still in the ...
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2018-w2742 - 17 October 2018

Nontando Nolutshungu to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training

What is the total number of students who enrolled in (a) community education and training colleges, (b) technical and vocational education and training colleges and (c) universities in each of the past 10 academic years?

Reply from the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 17 Oct 2018

The total number of students enrolled in Community Education and Training (CET) colleges, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and universities for the past 10 academic years are provided below:

Academic year

a) CET Colleges

b) TVET Colleges

c) Universities
  1. 2008

*

**

799 490
  1. 2009

*

**

837 776
  1. 2010

*

358 393

892 936
  1. 2011

*

400 273

938 201 ...

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