ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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2014/15 Annual Report
Department continue to lobby for further funding in realising the aim of ensuring that all academically deserving
hosted in July 2014, key stakeholders agreed to set up a National Policy Dialogue to explore these critical issues.
This could have implications for the service delivery platform in future.
Revenue Services (SARS) and the South African Social Security Agency.
approximately 14 000 users registered and a placement rate of 29% by the end of March 2015. The development
of the CAS
plans in an integrated fashion, taking into consideration infrastructure planning, research development, teaching
enrolments expected to increase from 983 698 in the 2013 academic year to approximately 1 087 000 by the
graduates is expected to increase from 180 823 in 2013 to approximately 217 500 in 2019, an annual average
b) An overview of the private higher education service delivery environment
The Department continues to recognise the importance of the private higher education sector in providing
unaccredited programmes to unsuspecting students.
of an institution before registering over the past year. This has been achieved through publishing lists of
Register of Private Higher Education Institutions published and updated monthly on the
of the system including site visits to institutions reportedly operating illegally. The Department has also created
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