Business Plan and Budget for the Council on Higher Education (CHE) 2009/10 Presentation to a Joint Meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Basic Education and Higher Education & Training 23 June 2009

Areas of Responsibility Advising the Minister (on request and proactively). Monitoring the state of the higher education system and the achievement of policy objectives. Functioning as the Quality Council for higher education (w.e.f June 2009) Contribute to the development of higher education. 2

Higher Education Amendment Act, 2008 As the Quality Council for Higher Education the functions of the CHE are: …includes qualifications, quality promotion and quality assurance responsible for the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) i.e standards, naming of qualifications, advice on HEQF 3

CHE Staff - Occupancy Profile 4

CHE Staff - Race Profile 5

CHE Staff - Gender Profile 6

Revised vs Original Budget 2009/10 7

CHE Budget for 2009/10 The strategic focus of the CHE budget for 2009/10: Assessment of Capacity of Higher Education System, including System Differentiation Curriculum Responsiveness Community Engagement Next Generation of Scholars Funding and Accountability Globalization and Internationalization Improvement of Quality through Standard Setting, Quality Assurance and Quality Promotion 8

Sources of Income 2007 –

State allocation vs Expenditure

Budget allocations

Budget Allocations

Non-Financial Performance Indicators Performance Indicators2008/92009/10 Number of new programmes to be assessed Number of accreditations to be completed Number of improvement plans (programmes) to be analysed 8370 Number of teach-out plans to be implemented44 Number of institutional audits to be conducted52 Number of improvement plans (institutes) to be analysed1120 Responses to requests for advice to Minister33 Proactive advice to be given to Minister15 Number of researchers on CHE database82200 No of copies (publications) to be distributed

Conclusion The CHE is capable of increasing its impact on the development of higher education in South Africa by monitoring performance against policy objectives, providing useful, timely advice, setting standards, assuring and promoting quality. 14