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National Policies

Our institutional policy documents are framed within the national higher education policy context. A few national higher education policy documents are therefore listed in this section.

 

The following national policy documents and reports are listed:

Higher Education Act 101 of 1997

Education White Paper 3 (1997)​

Council on Higher Education, Review of Higher Education in South Africa (2007)

National Qualifications Framework Act (2008)

Council on Higher Education Annual Report, 2021/22​

White paper for post-school education and training, 2013

 

The Council on Higher Education (CHE)

The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is an independent statutory body established in May 1998 in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act No 101 of 1997), as amended and it functions as the Quality Council for Higher Education in terms of the National Qualifications Framework Act (Act No 67 0f 2008).

The functions of the CHE include the following:

To provide advice to the Minister of Higher Education and Training on request or on its own initiative, on all aspects of higher education policy.
To develop and implement a system of quality assurance for higher education, including programme accreditation, institutional audits, quality promotion and capacity development, standards development and the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF).
To monitor and report on the state of the higher education system, including assessing whether, how, to what extent and with what consequences the vision, policy goals and objectives for higher education are being realised.  
To contribute to the development of higher education through intellectual engagement with key national and systemic issues, including international trends, producing publications, holding conferences and conducting research to inform and contribute to addressing the short and long-term challenges facing higher education.
The CHE has executive responsibility for quality assurance and promotion and discharges this responsibility through the establishment of a permanent committee (as required by the Higher Education Act), the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC).

Source:  CHE

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Dit is die Universiteit Stellenbosch se strewe om tot die breë samelewing by te dra deur die bevordering van kennis in diens van die samelewing. Uitnemendheid is die onderliggende waarde in alle voorgraadse en nagraadse onderrig- en leerprogramme aan die Universiteit. In die “Strategiese Raamwerk 2019 – 2024" word die Universiteit se visie vir onderrig en leer om die kern van ʼn leergerigte beandering gebou, wat in die kern- strategiese tema van “genetwerkte en samewerkende onderrig en leer" vasgevang word. Hierdie benadering word soos volg geformuleer:
“Die Universiteit bevorder 'n leergerigte benadering tot onderrig (en leer), met die klem op leer as 'n vennootskap, wat studente as medeskeppers van kennis en leeromgewings beskou." 

 

Hierdie visie word aangevul deur een van die hoofdoelwitte van die Universiteit se “Strategie vir Onderrig en Leer 2017 – 2021":

“… om die koers aan te dui vir die realisering van daardie doelwitte wat sal verseker dat die Universiteit Stellenbosch een van die toonaangewende universiteite in Suid-Afrika bly – ook op die gebied van onderrig en leer."