"higher education"

means all learning programmes which must be registered in accordance with the provisions of the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008), as a qualification or part-qualification on the HEQSF, regardless of whether such programmes are in fact registered or not on the sub-framework;

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