Quality Management Director Dr Siyanda Makaula has been appointed as a member of the National Standards and Reviews Committee (NSRC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
The NSRC is a specialist governance structure of the CHE, a committee that supports the work of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) in the area of qualification standards development and national reviews of programmes and qualifications. It reviews progress reports to confirm that quality improvement plans emanating from national reviews of qualifications have been implemented and completed by higher education institutions. It makes recommendations on the outcomes of the national review process to the HEQC. HEQC is a permanent independent committee of the CHE that has executive authority on quality assurance matters in the Higher Education sector.
Makaula who joined CPUT in June 2019, said he felt honoured to have been appointed to the role.
“I feel honoured to be invited to serve in a manner that allows me to continue to contribute to transformation and excellence of our higher education sector through quality assurance.”
Asked how his past experience has prepared him for this role, Makaula said:
“I’m a higher education leader, a quality management and assurance professional, an advocate for higher education quality through transformation, excellence and accountability. I bring a wide range of experience in development and implementation of national higher education, and institutional academic, policies and quality assurance frameworks.”
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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