No detailed study on the South African private HE sector is available.
Many institutions regard information as confidential.
The study focused on all institutions which are members of the three formal associations in the sector, viz. Training is predominantly undertaken through distance education, principally through correspondence, and is predominantly in commercial subjects. The South African Committee for ABET Nursing, agricultural, police and teacher training colleges were excluded. The CSC supported the establishment of a National Commission for Further Education to solve mutually with the HE Sector some of the issues that could have a direct or indirect impact on the activities of further education and training. Enhanced collaboration between institutions from these sectors, is an accelerating trend.