Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Training, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, will on Thursday 17 May represent the South African government in signing a joint declaration on collaboration and dialogue in education and training with the European Union.
Signing on behalf of the EU will be the European Commission’s Director-General for Education and Culture, Mr Jan Truszczyński, who is responsible for Education, Training, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth in the EU.
Members of the Media are invited.
Date: Thursday, 17 May 2012
Time: 14h00 to 15h30
Venue: University of the Western Cape, Belville Campus
The signing will be taking place on the sidelines of the "African Higher Education Harmonisation: Tuning and Shaping Responsive and Quality Postgraduate Education" Conference taking place at the University of the Western Cape.
Issued on behalf of the Ministry for Higher Education and Training.