Symposium 1
Date: 3 April 2012
Topic: UKZN’s Response to the Department of Higher
Education and Training’s Green Paper for Post-
School Education and Training
Presenters: Professor Kriben Pillay, Dean: College Teaching and
Learning, College of Law and Management Studies;
Professor Fikile Mtshali, Dean: College Teaching
and Learning in the College of Health Sciences;
Professor Frederick Veldman, Dean: College
Teaching and Learning, College of Agriculture,
Engineering and Science; Professor Nobuhle
Hlongwa, Dean: College Teaching and Learning
in the College of Humanities; and Mr Thembani
Khumalo, Central SRC President – UKZN.
In 2012, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
released, for public comment, the Green Paper for Post-School
Education and Training. The purpose of the Green Paper was to
create a policy framework that enables the DHET to shape its
strategies and plans for the main pillars of our post-school system
(Universities, FET Colleges, NSFAS, the SETAS together with the
related quality assurance, advisory and
regulatory institutions).
This symposium focused on, among
others: coherence, articulation and
differentiation between the various postschool
sectors; prospects for increased
participation in higher education;
responsiveness of the post-school sector to socio-economic
development; and a critical assessment of the Green Paper in
providing an effective regulatory framework for Higher Education.