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

Chapter 8 : General

65B. Degrees, diplomas and certificates

 

(1) A public higher education institution may, subject to its institutional statute and this Act, award diplomas and certificates and confer degrees.

 

(2) Save as is provided in section 65C, no diploma or certificate may be awarded and no degree may be conferred by a public higher education institution upon any person who has not—
(a) been registered as a student of such public higher education institution for the period prescribed by the senate of such institution; and

(b)        completed the work and attained the standard of proficiency determined through assessment as required by the senate of the public higher education institution, subject to section 7.

 

(3) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall apply to registered private higher education institutions, subject to the necessary changes required by the context.

[Section 65B(3) inserted by section 36 of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]

 

[Section 65B inserted by section 24 of Act No. 23 of 2001]