When the Committee enquired about the caliber of chief executive officers the Department intended to employ, the NDoH responded that they had commissioned the Development Bank of Southern Africa to assess CEOs in all hospitals and report identified gaps. The CEOs were categorised based on the size and capacity of the hospital (central, regional, tertiary or district hospital) they were working for. After receiving the report from DBSA, the NDoH resolved to establish an academy to train CEOs and health managers on-site. The Committee was told that the academy courses were offered by specialists from Harvard, Italy and the United Kingdom. All posts of CEOs were advertised and most applicants had masters' degrees in different fields but some had been doing the same job for over 12 years. That is why on- site training in hospital management is so important.