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Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; Afrikaans: Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria.
Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (polytech) in South Africa. It focused on career-oriented vocational training. It focused on career-oriented vocational training. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There were 15 technikons in the 1990s, but they were merged or restructured as universities (especially universities of technology) in the early 2000s.
The CTI Education Group (CTI) was a registered, private higher education institution in South Africa. [2] Full-time and part-time students can study within the fields of Information Technology, Psychology & Counselling, Creative Arts & Graphic Design, Commerce and Law on campuses spread throughout South Africa.
The proposal for a university for the capital, first mooted in the Volksraad in 1889, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War in 1899. In 1902 after the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging, the Normal College for teacher training was established in Groenkloof, Pretoria and in 1904 the Transvaal Technical Institute, with emphasis on mining education, opened in Johannesburg.
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.
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 .
ECAT – Engineering College Admission Test, for admission in public sector engineering college or university in Punjab, Pakistan. It is conducted by the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. ETEA (UET) - for admission in public sector engineering college or university in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.