Deputy Minister Buti Manamela to conduct Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Services Blitz, as well as a visit to the South Africa Environment Orbsevation Network (SAEON)
On the 10th of January 2020, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Mr Buti Manamela (MP) will visit the Northern Cape Urban TVET and Sol Plaatje University as part of the ongoing work of assessment and monitoring of 2020 admissions and registration processes in institutions of higher learning.
He will begin by conducting a blitz focussing on the following DHET services: National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NFSAS), Career Development Service (CDS) and Central Application Clearing House (CACH). The Blitz will also raise awareness against bogus colleges. The aim of the Blitz is to make prospective students aware of unregistered private institutions. Moreover, the Blitz will help those students who qualified for NFSAS bursary to check their application statuses. The CACH programme is there to help particularly the prospective students who have applied for admission to a public university or TVET, but have not been offered a place in their programme of choice. The Deputy Minster will have an opportunity to explain how CACH services can be useful, how it operates, and its importance to the applicants.
The Deputy Minister will also make a stop at Sol Plaatje University and Northern Cape Urban TVET to check on the state on readiness of the 2020 admission and registration process, including the NFSAS process. This will also give the Deputy Minister an opportunity to meet and interact with the staff and management of the institutions.
He will also visit the South African Environment Observation Network (SAEON) to meet with management and to experience demonstration of field studies, including two flux towers, primary productivity monitor, weather stations, and phenology project and have discussion of science engagement with management.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Part 1
Date: 10 January 2020
Time: 07:30 to 08:30
Venue: Last Stop Taxi Rank, Kimberley (DHET Services Blitz)
Date: 10 January 2020
Time: 09:00 to 09:45
Venue: Northern Cape Urban TVET, Kimberley
Date: 10 January 2020
Time: 13:30 to 15:00
Venue: Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley
Part 2
Date: 10 January 2020
Time: 10:00 to 13:00
Venue: South African Environmental Observation Network, South Ridge, Kimberley
Enquiries:
Mandla Tshabalala (Media Liaison Officer: Office of the Deputy Minister)
Cell: 0843046239
E-mail: Tshabalala.M@dhet.gov.za
