Doctoral Degrees National Report
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Date
2022-03
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Council on Higher Education, South Africa
Abstract
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is the Quality Council for higher education, as mandated by the National Qualifications Act of 2008, as amended. In this role it is responsible for the quality assurance of the qualifications on the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF), a responsibility which it discharges through its permanent sub-committee, the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC). In addition, the CHE derives its mandate from section 5 of the Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997) as Amended to promote, accredit, and audit quality assurance mechanisms across the higher education system, and advise the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation on all higher education matters. South Africa has 26 public universities, of which there are 23 that currently offer doctoral qualifications.There are also five private higher education institutions in South Africa which offer doctoral qualifications. The proposal for a national review of doctoral qualifications arose from discussion between the CHE and the National Research Foundation (NRF). In fulfilling its mandate of Human Capital Development (HCD), the NRF has several funding instruments that support doctoral studies. However, in providing this support including through financial investment, the NRF needs to be assured that the doctoral qualifications offered by higher education institutions meet national quality standards for doctoral degrees ...
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The Council on Higher Education (CHE) and The National Research Foundation (NRF) have since 2017 been engaged in an undertaking to review the quality of doctoral provisioning in South Africa.
Keywords
Doctoral degrees, Higher education, South Africa, Quality assurance, Funding