Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Chapter 6A

41I. Heads of Education Departments Committee
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1)There is hereby established a committee, called the Heads of Education Departments Committee (in this section referred to as the Committee), consisting of-
a)the Director-General, who shall be the chairperson;
b)the Deputy Directors-General of the Department; and
c)the Heads of the provincial education departments.

 

2)The functions of the Committee shall be to-
a)facilitate the development of a national further education and training system in accordance with the objectives and principles provided for in this Act;
b)share information and views on national further education and training;
c)co-ordinate administrative action on matters of mutual interest to the higher education and training departments; and
d)advise the Department on any matter contemplated in sections 41B to 41G and 41J in respect of further education and training, or on any other matter relating to the proper functioning of the national further education and training system.

 

3)The Committee may establish subcommittees to assist it in the performance of its functions, and-
a)may appoint persons who are not members of the Committee to be members of a subcommittee: Provided that the organised teaching profession shall be invited to nominate representatives as members of each subcommittee;
b)designate the chairperson of a subcommittee or direct that the chairperson be appointed by the subcommittee from among its members.

 

4)
a)Meetings of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as the chairperson of the Committee may determine.
b)The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalid merely by virtue of the fact that there is a vacancy in the Committee.
c)If the chairperson of the Committee is absent from a meeting of the Committee, one of the Deputy Directors-General designated for this purpose by the chairperson shall take the chair at that meeting.

 

5)The Committee may draw up rules regarding the convening of meetings, the frequency of meetings, the procedure at meetings, including the quorum for meetings, and any other administrative or procedural matter it may deem necessary or expedient for the proper performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers: Provided that the Committee shall not hold less than four meetings per year.