WHITE PAPER FOR POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND …

1 WHITE PAPER FOR POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAININGBUILDING AN EXPANDED, EFFECTIVE AND INTEGRATED POST-SCHOOL SYSTEMWHITE PAPER FOR POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAININGAs approved by Cabinet on 20 November 2013 Published in 2013 by:Department of Higher EDUCATION and TrainingPrivate Bag X174 Pretoria : 978-1-77018-713-9 ContentsMinister s Preface viiAcronyms ixExecutive Summary

2 Xi1. Background and Challenges 12. Main Policy Objectives EDUCATION and social justice A single.

3 Coordinated system Expanding access, improving quality and increasing diversity EDUCATION and work Responsiveness 103.

4 The College System Technical and vocational EDUCATION and training colleges Overview Strengthening the colleges Increasing access Programmes and qualifications College relationship with employers Improving teaching and learning Student

5 Support Student accommodation Funding Management and governance Community colleges Context

6 A new institutional type Governance and management Institutional development and capacity building Funding Establishing community colleges Other public colleges The South African Institute for Vocational and Continuing EDUCATION and training 254.

7 Universities Overview Differentiation Expanding student access and success Research and innovation for development Staffing the universities Making university EDUCATION affordable Development of the humanities and African languages in

8 Universities Community engagement and graduate community service Internationalisation Integration with the rest of the POST-SCHOOL system 415. Private EDUCATION Provision 426.

9 Addressing Disability Policy frameworks The current situation A strategic policy framework on disability 467.

10 Opening Learning through Diverse Modes of Provision Introduction