Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training will tomorrow, 24 August 2011, hold public hearings on the Further Education and Training Colleges Amendment Bill [B13 – 2011] and on the Higher Education Laws Amendment Bill [B14 – 2011].
The Further Education and Training Colleges Amendment Bill seeks to amend the Act in order to remove all references to provincial authority and to propose related and other amendments. The amendments proposed in the Bill should be seen in conjunction with the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B 8—2011], which seeks to amend Schedule 4 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
The Higher Education Laws Amendment Bill will, if passed, amend the Higher Education Act of 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme Act of 1999 (Act No. 56 of 1999).
Details:
Date: 24 August 2011
Venue: V475, Old Assembly Building
Time: 09h00
For media inquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact:
Faith Kwaza
Tel: 021 403 8062
Fax: 021 403 3931
Cell: 072 122 0371
E-mail: fkwaza@parliament.gov.za
Source: Parliament of South Africa
Committee to hold public hearings on Further Education and Training Colleges Amendment Bill and Higher Education Laws Amendment Bill
