Nzimande has also requested the Council on Higher Education to commission an inquiry on the salaries of vice-chancellors and senior executives at public universities.
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande has appointed a Ministerial Committee of Inquiry to independently probe the business processes, systems and capacity of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme .
He said the committee, which will be chaired by former vice-chancellor of Sol Plaatje University and civil engineering professor at Wits University, Yunus Ballim, will make recommendations towards a future model for the administration of student financial aid. “I also would like to correct any confusion about the role of the Committee of Inquiry in relation to the NSFAS Administration. The NSFAS Administration comes to an end in August 2020, and the administrator continues to be in office until that time. The inquiry is independent of NSFAS and has no role in terms of its current administration,” the minister clarified.
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