The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) aspires to have a PSET system that is demand-led and responsive to the everchanging environment that require skills like never before to address the triple challenges facing the country. Its approach to education, science and innovation remains transformative and cognisant of the catalytic role of research and development, vocational education and training for igniting the economy. The sector remains resolute despite declining resources, and challenges bedevilling access to PSET opportunities, limited enrolments, escalating student debts and uneven infrastructure.

This publication covers:

• What we inherited in 1994
• Education and Training policies, programmes and plans developed by the democratic government
• Key Achievements per PSET Sector
• Efficiency of the PSET System
• Higher Health Initiatives