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National Education Policy Act, 1996 (Act No. 27 of 1996)

10. Heads of Education Departments Committee

 

(1) There is hereby established a committee called the Heads of Education Departments Committee consisting of—
(a) the Director-General, who shall be the chairperson;
(b ) the Deputy Directors-General of the Department; and
(c) the heads of the provincial education departments.

 

(2) The functions of the Committee shall be to—
(a) facilitate the development of a national education system in accordance with the objectives and principles provided for in this Act;
(b) share information and views on national education;
(c) co-ordinate administrative action on matters of mutual interest to the education departments; and
(d) advise the Department on any matter contemplated in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 in respect of education, or on any other matter relating to the proper functioning of the national education system.

 

(3) The Committee may establish subcommittees to assist it in the performance of its functions, and—
(a) may appoint persons who are not members of the Committee to be members of a subcommittee: Provided that the organised teaching profession shall be invited to nominate representatives as members of each subcommittee;
(b) designate the chairperson of a subcommittee or direct that the chairperson be appointed by the subcommittee from among its members.

 

(4)
(a) Meetings of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as the chairperson of the Committee may determine.
(b) The proceedings of the Committee shall not be invalid merely by virtue of the fact that there is a vacancy in the Committee.
(c) If the chairperson of the Committee is absent from a meeting of the Committee, one of the Deputy Directors-General designated for this purpose by the chairperson shall take the chair at that meeting.

 

(5) The Committee may draw up rules regarding the procedure at its meetings, including the quorum for its meetings, and any other matter it may deem necessary or expedient for the proper performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers: Provided that not less than four meetings per year shall be held.