Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)RegulationsRegulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016Chapter 6 : Responsibility of an Institution25. Academic records |
| (1) | An institution must keep a comprehensive record of the academic achievement of each student enrolled in a registered programme. |
| (2) | An institution must make available to an enrolled student or past student on request a transcript of his or her academic record which shows— |
| (a) | full name; |
| (b) | identity number or passport number and nationality if not a South African citizen; |
| (c) | student number; |
| (d) | courses taken by code number and name for each year in chronological order; |
| (e) | mark or grade for each course, with an explanatory note on the marking or grading system; |
| (f) | qualification awarded. |
| (3) | An institution must make available to an enrolled student or past student on request a copy of a certificate awarded to the student. |
| (4) | An institution must submit to the CHE, such information from its records as the CHE and SAQA required for the National Learners' Records Database (NLRD). |