Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)NoticesNational Norms and Standards for Funding Community Education and Training CollegeFunding Norms and StandardsPart L : Enrolment Planning |
| 41. | The Department must develop a long -term plan for the college (i.e. at least a 5-year plan) to ensure the financial sustainability of colleges, which is informed by agreed-upon enrolment plans. |
| 42. | Enrolments must be based on a long-term plan and must include the projected growth. The Department must agree on the enrolments with each college for a period of at least three years, should a college deviate significantly by 5% more or less from the agreed-upon enrolment targets, the enrolments for the two outer years of the rolling plan must be adjusted in line with the deviation. |
| 43. | The colleges must strive to stay within the 5% deviation, either upwards or downwards, of the enrolment plan targets for a period of at least three years to avoid material/significant over-funding (or under-enrolment). |
| 44. | Enrolment plans for CET colleges must be linked to available state funding as provided in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period. The enrolment targets in these plans must inform the indicative subsidy allocations for colleges for planning purposes. |
| 45. | Students funded from partnerships, fee -for -service and those paying fees for non- formal programmes form part of the total enrolment of the college. However, such students must not be counted for purposes of State funding. In line with paragraph 38 above, if a college, as part of a partnership agreement receives funding for tuition fees from a company, such students cannot be funded from the State funding. |
| 46. | The CET colleges must take into consideration the Sector Education and Training Authorities' (SETAs) plans regarding training programs for CET colleges. This must be taken into consideration during the enrolment planning process of the college. |