The oversight consisted of a multiparty delegation of the Committee who visited the above-mentioned institutions on a fact finding mission. The oversight visit formed part of the Committee's plan to visit the 23 public higher education institutions and 50 Public FET colleges across the country to focus on key issues such as graduation rate in universities (22% currently), drop-out rate (16% currently), accountability on disbursement of NSFAS funding (R7 billion in 2013), equity and equality, implementation of the transformation plan, challenges of students and unions, institutional governance, the relationship between FET colleges and their nearby industries, placement of FET graduates in workplace training, pass rate and certification rate in FET colleges.