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Minister Nzimande Calls on South Africans to Work Together to Bring Arsonists to Book
The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called on communities and all relevant arms of the state to work together and redouble their efforts to track, prosecute and bring to book…
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Call for Public Comment: Draft qualification standard for Engineering qualifications
  The CHE announces the publication of draft qualification standard statements for the Bachelor Engineering Technology and Advanced Diploma in Engineering for public comment. The expanded CHE mandate…
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CHE-HELTASA National Excellence awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 CHE-HELTASA National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards. Read more
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The Council on Higher Education’s Policies on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The Council on Higher Education’s Policies on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Credit Accumulation and Transfer, and assessment in higher education set out to provide higher education institutions with…
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Latest Publications

Advice to the Minister of Higher Education and Training on the Establishment of a new Public Higher Education Institution and the Incorporation of the Medunsa Campus of the University of Limpopo into the new Public Higher Education Institution
1. Introduction1.1 The Minister of Higher Education and Training has requested the Council to advise on his intention to establish a new public…
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A framework for qualification standards in higher education
Presented by Prof. Francis Faller at the Quality Assurance Forum for public providers on 23 August 2011.  
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Framework for the Second Cycle of Quality Assurance 2012 - 2017
The HEQC is committed to a quality-driven higher education system that contributes to socio-economic development, social justice and innovative…
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Level Descriptors for the South African National Qualifications Framework
Purpose of level descriptors   1. The purpose of level descriptors for Levels One to Ten of the NQF shall be to ensure coherence across learning in…
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