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

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Language Policy for Higher Education

Summary

 

(21) The above framework is designed to promote multilingualism and to enhance equity and access in higher education through:
• The development, in the medium to long-term, of South African languages as mediums of instruction in higher education, alongside English and Afrikaans;
• The development of strategies for promoting student proficiency in designated language(s) of tuition; 16
• The retention and strengthening of Afrikaans as a language of scholarship and science;
• The promotion of the study of South African languages and literature through planning and funding incentives;
• The promotion of the study of foreign languages: and
• The encouragement of multilingualism in institutional policies and practices.

 

 

November 2002