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

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Regulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016

Chapter 6 : Responsibility of an Institution

25. Academic records

 

(1) An institution must keep a comprehensive record of the academic achievement of each student enrolled in a registered programme.

 

(2) An institution must make available to an enrolled student or past student on request a transcript of his or her academic record which shows—
(a) full name;
(b) identity number or passport number and nationality if not a South African citizen;
(c) student number;
(d) courses taken by code number and name for each year in chronological order;
(e) mark or grade for each course, with an explanatory note on the marking or grading system;
(f) qualification awarded.

 

(3) An institution must make available to an enrolled student or past student on request a copy of a certificate awarded to the student.

 

(4) An institution must submit to the CHE, such information from its records as the CHE and SAQA required for the National Learners' Records Database (NLRD).