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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

Chapter 6A : National Institutes for Higher Education

49L. Functions of national institute for higher education

 

(1) The functions of a national institute for higher education relate to its specific scope of application and may include one or more of the following—
(a) to provide services to higher education within its specific scope of application;
(b) to advance learning within its specific scope or application by ensuring collaboration and co-ordination of the work of higher education institutions and other national institutes for higher education; and
(c) to advise the Minister on matters relating to its specific scope of application, or to higher education generally.

 

(2) Subject to subsection (1) and the provisions of section 49K, the Minister must prescribe the functions of each national institute for higher education by notice in the Gazette.

 

[Section 49L inserted by section 29 of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]