TEC successor operational
Staff Writer | Friday January 31, 2014 17:44
TEC successor
operational
STAFF WRITER
T
he Tertiary Education Act of 1999 has been repealed by the expanded mandate of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC), which is to prepare the National Human Resource Development Strategy and to plan and advise on tertiary education financing and work.
The HRDC commenced work in November last year following the publication of an order by the Minister of Education and Skills Development.
According to a media statement from the head of marketing communications, Faith Rapuleng-Tuelo, the HRDC is responsible for provision of policy advice on all matters of national human resource development, coordination and implementation of the National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS).
'Furthermore, HRDC prepares the National Human Resource Development Plans and also plans and advises on tertiary education financing and work-place learning,' Rapuleng-Tuelo stated.
The council will be officially launched beginning of April 2014. Subsequent to the launch of HRDC, certain responsibilities that were inherited from the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) will fall off to allow HRDC to focus on its core mandate.
'For example, currently tertiary education institutions which were registered and accredited by TEC shall continue under the HRDC until such a time that it is appropriate to carry them across to a new body corporate charged with such responsibility known as the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA),' she said. Expanding on the role of HRDC, the acting chief executive officer, Dr Patrick Molutsi unpacked Section 38 (I) that reads: 'Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Act, and in force immediately prior to the coming into operation of this Act shall, in so far as such legislation is consistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force as if made under this Act'. This therefore, means that during the transformation exercise, HRDC will continue to register and accredit tertiary institutions offering diploma level programmes and above.
Employers, tertiary education institutions, vocational education institutions, trainers and assessors are advised to familiarise themselves with the Human Resource Development Council Act.
TEC was established following recommendations of the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE), passed by Parliament in 1994. The Council 's responsibilities were to promote and coordinate tertiary education and to maintain standards of teaching, examination and research in tertiary institutions inter alia.
The HRDC commenced work in November last year following the publication of an order by the Minister of Education and Skills Development. According to a media statement from the head of marketing communications, Faith Rapuleng-Tuelo, the HRDC is responsible for provision of policy advice on all matters of national human resource development, coordination and implementation of the National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS).
'Furthermore, HRDC prepares the National Human Resource Development Plans and also plans and advises on tertiary education financing and work-place learning,' Rapuleng-Tuelo stated. The council will be officially launched beginning of April 2014. Subsequent to the launch of HRDC, certain responsibilities that were inherited from the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) will fall off to allow HRDC to focus on its core mandate. 'For example, currently tertiary education institutions which were registered and accredited by TEC shall continue under the HRDC until such a time that it is appropriate to carry them across to a new body corporate charged with such responsibility known as the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA),' she said.
Expanding on the role of HRDC, the acting chief executive officer, Dr Patrick Molutsi unpacked Section 38 (I) that reads: 'Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Act, and in force immediately prior to the coming into operation of this Act shall, in so far as such legislation is consistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force as if made under this Act'.
This therefore, means that during the transformation exercise, HRDC will continue to register and accredit tertiary institutions offering diploma level programmes and above. Employers, tertiary education institutions, vocational education institutions, trainers and assessors are advised to familiarise themselves with the Human Resource Development Council Act. TEC was established following recommendations of the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE), passed by Parliament in 1994. The Council 's responsibilities were to promote and coordinate tertiary education and to maintain standards of teaching, examination and research in tertiary institutions inter alia.