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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Education, Higher

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

Legislation and Policy Register of the Department of Higher Education and Training

Institutional types

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Draft policy for the recognition of South African higher education institutional types. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, April 2022. (Published for comment in Government Gazette No. 47205, Notice 2359 of 8 August 2022.)

University staffing

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. National framework for enhancing academics as university teachers. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, 2018. 

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Staffing South Africa’s universities framework: a comprehensive, transformative approach to developing future generations of academics and building staff capacity. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, 2015.

Website: Staffing South Africa's Universities Framework

Higher education qualifications

South African Qualifications Authority. Policy and Criteria for Recognising a Professional Body and Registering a Professional Designation for the Purposes of the National Qualifications Framework Act, Act 67 of 2008 (As amended, September 2020). Pretoria: South African Qualifications Authority, 2020.

South African Qualifications Authority. Policy and criteria for evaluating foreign qualifications within the South African NQF as amended, March 2017. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, March 2017. Shelf no. G 68 G 40733/2017, part 1 of 3

Council on Higher Education. The Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, October 2014.

Council on Higher Education. Directorate: Standards Development. A framework for Qualifications Standards in Higher Education. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education, 2013.

South African Qualifications Authority. Publication of the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-framework and Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework of the National Qualifications Framework. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, August 2013

South Africa. Department of Education. The Higher Education Qualifications Framework. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, October 2007. 

South African Qualifications Authority. Draft national policy on the mispresentation of qualifications. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, January 2017. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.17.DRAF

Career development

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. National policy for an integrated career development system for South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printer, 20 April 2017. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.17.NATI

Distance education

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training.    Draft policy framework for the provision of distance education in South African universities. Pretoria :   Dept. of Higher Education and Training,   2012. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.12.DRAF

South Africa.  Department of Higher Education and Training.   Policy for the Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities in the Context of an Integrated Post-school System. Pretoria :   Dept. of Higher Education and Training, 2014.

HIV/AIDS

HEAIDS (Program). Policy and strategic framework on HIV and AIDS for higher education. Pretoria : HEAIDS, 2012.

HEAIDS (Program).   Policy framework on HIV and AIDS for higher education in South Africa.    [Pretoria :   Higher Education South Africa,   2008]. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.08.POLI

HEAIDS (Program). Framework for HIV and AIDS Workplace Programmes for Higher Education in South Africa, 2009. Pretoria: Higher Education, 2010.

Information

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training.    Higher education and training information policy.    Pretoria :   Government Printer,   2012. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.12.HIGH

Internationalisation

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy framework for the internationalisation of higher education in South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, 2019

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy framework for the internationalisation of higher education in South Africa. November 2017

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Draft policy framework for the internationalisation of higher education in South Africa, April 2017.

White papers

South Africa. Dept. of Education.    Education white paper 3 :   a programme for the transformation of higher education.    Pretoria :   The Dept.,   1997. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.97.EDUC

Language policy

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Amendment of the Definition on the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions, determined in terms of Section 27(2) of the Higher Education Act, 101 of 1997 as amended. In: Government gazette no. 48923 (7 July 2023), notice no. 3654.

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. The language policy framework for public higher education institutions, determined in terms of Section 27(2) of the Higher Education Act, 101 of 1997 (as amended), July 2020. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, 30 October 2020.

Council on Higher Education (South Africa).    Language policy framework for South African higher education.    Pretoria :   Council on Higher Education,   2001. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.01.LANG

South Africa. Ministry of Education.    Language policy for higher education.  Pretoria :   Ministry of Education,   2002. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.02.LANG

Research output

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Research outputs policy, 2015. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, March 2015.

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy and procedures for measurement of research output of public higher education institutions.  June 2003, updated 2012. Pretoria :   Government Printer,   2013. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.13.POLI

South Africa. Ministry of Education. Policy and procedures for measurement of research output of public higher education institutions. Pretoria: Department of Education, June 2003. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.03.POLI

Creative & innovative output

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy on the evaluation of creative outputs and innovations produced by public higher education institutions (2017) Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training., 2017.

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Draft policy on the evaluation of creative outputs and innovations produced by public higher education institutions (2015) Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training., 2015.

 

Draft policies

South Africa. Dept. of Education    Draft :   for discussion : draft education white paper 3 : a programme for higher education transformation.    Pretoria :   Govt. Printer,   1997. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.97.DRAF

South Africa. Dept. of Education    Green paper on higher education transformation.   Pretoria :   [The Dept.],   1996. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.96.GREE
 

Student housing

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. [Draft Revised] Policy on the Minimum Norms and Standards for Student Housing at Public Institutions of Higher Learning. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, 29 October 2021.

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Policy on the Minimum Norms and Standards for Student Housing at Public Universities. Pretoria:  Department of Higher Education and Training, 2015.

Preceding investigation: 
South Africa. Ministerial Committee for the Review of the Provision of Student Housing at South African Universities. Report on the Ministerial Committee for the Review of the Provision of Student Housing at South African Universities.  Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, 2011. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.11.REPO

 

Plans

South Africa. Dept. of Education    National Plan for Higher Education.   Pretoria :   Govt. Printer,   2001. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.01.NATI

South Africa. Ministry of Education. Draft National Plan for Higher Education. Pretoria: Ministry of Education, February 2001.

Preceding investigation

South Africa. National Commission on Higher Education.    NCHE discussion document :   a framework for transformation.    Pretoria :   National Commission on Higher Education,   1996. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.96.NCHE

South Africa. National Commission on Higher Education    A framework for transformation :   report.    {Pretoria} :   NCHE,   1996. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.96.FRAM
 

Senior managers

South Africa. Dept. of Education    Policy framework for the remuneration of senior managers in public higher education institutions : draft for discussion.   Pretoria :   Govt. Printer,   2009. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.09.POLI

Teacher education

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. Professional Development Framework for Digital Learning: Building educator competencies in facilitating learning with digital tools and resources. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education, [2018?]

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa, 2011–2025: full version. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education ; Department of Higher Education and Training, April 2011. 

South Africa. Department of Basic Education. Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa, 2011–2025: technical report. Pretoria: Department of Basic Education ; Department of Higher Education and Training, April 2011.

South Africa. Department of Education    The national policy framework for teacher education and development in South Africa :   "more teachers ; better teachers"    Pretoria :   Government Printer,  2007. In: Government gazette no. 29832 (26 April 2007), Government notice no. 367. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.07.NATI

South Africa. Department of Education    The national policy framework for teacher education and development in South Africa :   "more teachers ; better teachers"    Pretoria :   Department of Education,   2006. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.06.NATI

Teacher education qualifications

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training.    Draft policy on the minimum requirements for teacher education qualifications selected from the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF)   Pretoria :   Dept. of Higher Education and Training,   2010. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.10.DRAF

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. The Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. Pretoria : Department of Higher Education and Training, 2011.

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Revised policy on the minimum requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications. Pretoria : Department of Higher Education and Training, 2015.

Prior Learning

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Report and Amendments to the Recognition of Prior Learning Coordination Policy (2016). Pretoria: Department of Higher Education and Training, March 2022.

Report of the Online Consultative Workshop on the Review of the Recognition of Prior Learning Coordination Policy (2016)
19 August 2021
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South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Coordination Policy. Pretoria: Government Printer, 2016. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.16.RECO

South African Qualifications Authority. National Policy and Criteria for the Implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (Amended in March 2019)  

South African Qualifications Authority.  National Policy for the Implementation of the Recognition of Prior Learning. Waterkloof, South Africa: South African Qualifications Authority, 2013. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.13.NATI

Council on Higher Education. Policies on the Recognition of Prior Learning, Credit Accumulation and Transfer, and Assessment in higher education. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education, 2016.

 

Articulation

Council on Higher Education (South Africa). Draft Articulation Policy into and within Higher Education. Pretoria: Council on Higher Education, August 2022. 

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Articulation policy for the post-school education and training system of South Africa, January 2017. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, January 2017. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.17.ARTI

South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. Draft articulation policy, January 2016. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, March 2016. Shelf no. G 68 E.EDUC.16.DRAF