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IOL reports that the Higher Education Department is considering the prohibition of private colleges that seek to offer oversupplied courses or courses that do not contribute to the economy.
That was indicated by the department’s director-general, Nkosinathi Sishi, on Wednesday when he briefed the higher education portfolio committee on the proliferation of illegal colleges. “While the department continues to work with the state law enforcement agencies to expedite the investigation and prosecution of illegally operating private colleges, it is also considering the prohibition of registration of private colleges that seek to offer oversupplied programmes and/or any other programmes that do not contribute to the economic development trajectory of the country and reduce the high unemployment,” Sishi indicated. Higher Education Deputy Minister Buti Manamela said the department had been working with the police and the Basic Education Department since 2011 to clamp down on bogus colleges. “Over 40 illegal operators were arrested which included US-based operators using the logo of Department of Higher Education and Training as a way of enticing students. We have laid charges with the FBI and published a list of colleges, local and international, on our website as means to warn the public about alleged unscrupulous providers and their modus operandi,” Manamela told MPs.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mayibongwe Maqhina at IOL
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