Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

Chapter 1 : Definitions, Application and Determination of Policy

3. Determination of higher education policy

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(1)The Minister must, taking into consideration the provisions of the Constitution and after consulting the CHE, determine policy on higher education, which policy includes, but is not limited to—
(a)transformation goals and oversight mechanisms for these goals;
(b)articulation and recognition of prior learning frameworks across the education system; and
(c)criteria for recognition as a university, university college, or higher education college.

[Section 3(1) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]

 

(2)The Minister must—
(a)publish such policy by notice in the Gazette; and
(b)table such policy in Parliament.

 

(3)The Minister may, in terms of the policy contemplated in subsection (1) and in the interest of the higher education system as a whole, determine the scope and range of operations of—
(a)public higher education institutions;
(b)private higher education institutions; and
(c)individual public or private higher education institutions.