Department of Higher Education & Training

Description: The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) was established in 2009 when the former Department of Education was divided into two sections: Basic Education and Higher Education and Training.

DHET Mandate: The mandate of the new Department included aspects of skills development which had previously resided in the Department of Labour. The new Department was specifically established to focus on post-school education and training holistically and has extended its scope of operations extensively.

DHET Vision: Leading Post-School Education and Training for growth.

DHET Mission: To provide national strategic leadership in support of the Post-School Education and Training system for improved quality of life of South Africans.

DHET Values: The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is committed to:

• Integrity.
• Accountability.
• Committed.
  
• Responsiveness.
• Proactive behaviour.
  
• Continuous learning.
  
• Rationality.
  
• Team work.
  
• Emotional intelligence.
  

DHET Constitutional Mandate: Higher Education and Training derives its mandate from the supreme law of the Republic, the Constitution, within the purport of Section 29, read with schedule 4, which lists education at all levels, including tertiary education as a functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence. 

Higher Education and Training derives its mandate from the supreme law of the Republic, the Constitution, within the purport of Section 29, read with schedule 4, which lists education at all levels, including tertiary education as a functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence.