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It oversees universities and other post-secondary education in South Africa. It was created in 2009 after the election of President Jacob Zuma , when the former Department of Education was divided. The political head of the department is the Minister of Higher Education and Training ; as of February 2018 [update] this is Naledi Pandor .
In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858. [1]
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is a statutory body, regulated in terms of the National Qualifications Framework Act No. 67 of 2008. [2] It is made up of 29 members appointed by the Minister of Education in consultation with the Minister of Labour.
In 2004 South Africa started reforming its public higher education system, [2] merging and incorporating small public universities into larger institutions, and renaming all higher education institutions "university" (previously there had been several types of higher education institution).
Higher education was generally reserved for those who could travel to Europe, but in 1829 the government established the multiracial South African College, which later split into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. Religious seminaries accepted a few African applicants as early as 1841.
The South African Theological Seminary (SATS) is a broadly evangelical distance education institution based in Bryanston (Johannesburg Region E), South Africa, founded in 1996. [1] As of May 2018, Kevin Smith is the principal of the seminary . [ 2 ]
The South African College Schools (colloquially often known as “SACS”) is a public English medium primary and high education institution situated in Newlands – part of the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Founded in 1829, [1] it is the oldest continuously run school in South Africa.
The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) is a public technology university with campuses in Bloemfontein and Welkom, Free State province, South Africa. It was established in 1981 as "Technikon Free State." As part of the South African government's restructuring of tertiary education for the new millennium it was promoted to ...