The Ministerial Task Team (MTT) on the reconfiguration of the NSF completed its work in July 2023 and presented its report with recommendations to the Minister.
The recommendations in the report for the purpose of implementation are both medium and long term in nature.
Those of a long-term nature require the amendment of certain parts of the legislation (the Skills Development Act 1998).
The Director General of DHET appointed an NSF MTT Report Implementation Task Team which has started its work through the drafting of an Implementation Plan.
The Implementation Plan is driven by five (5) workstreams who in turn have compiled disaggregated activity plans around these five (5) workstreams through target setting activities. The workstreams are:
The medium-term targets are meant to be achieved by the end of the 2023/24 financial year.
The long-term targets (legislative in nature) are meant to be achieved beyond the 2023/24 financial year.