WHY AN INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS SERVICE FOR SA..4 4. ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED BY STAKEHOLDERS14 5. PROPOSED MODEL16 5.1 The NHEIAS Envisaged16 5.8 Summary of Recommendations24 6. GOVERNANCE25 8. THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM31 9.2 Implementation Scenarios36 12.
In accordance with the provisions of the National Plan for Higher Education which was released in March 2001, the Minister of Education established a Working Group in October of the same year to advise him on the establishment of a National Higher Education Information and Applications Service.
The application form for entry into higher education institutions should be carefully designed to elicit essential information required by the central applications service and by the higher education institutions.