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Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Regulations for the Registration of Private Further Education and Training Colleges, 2007

Chapter 6 : Responsibility of a Private College

20. Programmes and qualifications offered

 

1) A private college must offer only the programmes and qualifications for which it is registered.

 

2) A private college must ensure that any programme for which it is registered is continued long enough to enable a cohort of students to complete the full programme.

 

3) If unavoidable circumstances prevent the continuation contemplated in subsection (3) -
a) the registrar must be informed without delay;
b) the private college must make adequate arrangements to enable affected students to complete the programme with a comparable public or private college; and
c) affected students who have a lawful claim must be reimbursed in accordance with regulation 26(3).

 

4) A private college must comply with the criteria for accreditation of its programmes as determined by Umalusi.

 

5) If Umalusi withdraws accreditation for any of the approved programmes of the private college, the registrar must review the terms of its registration in terms of section 39(2) of the Act.

 

6) A private college must submit an application for amendment to the registrar in terms of regulation 4 if it intends to amend the conditions of its registration or provisional registration.