House of Assembly: Vol13 - WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 1989
†Indicates translated version.
General Affairs:
asked the Minister of National Education:
- (1) Whether he has determined the formula for the subsidy of each university in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what is this formula;
- (2) what value of a in terms of the subsidy formula has he determined for each university in the Republic for the (a) 1986, (b) 1987, (c) 1988 and (d) 1989 university financial years;
- (3) whether in any case the value of a was less than one; if so, why;
- (4) whether different universities had different a values in the same year; if so, why;
- (5) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
- (1) Yes. General Policy in respect of norms and standards for the financing of the running and capital costs of universities was determined on 27 October 1987. Government Notice No R2471 of 6 November 1987 has reference. Full details regarding such policy is contained in the report NATED 02-100 (87/09).
- (2)
- (a) The a-values for 1986 are not available since the said policy only applied to universities as from 1987.
- (b) and (c) The a-values for universities in the Republic for the 1987 and 1988 financial years are as follows:
1987 |
1988 |
|
University of Cape Town |
0,833 |
0,725 |
University of Durban-Westville |
0,900 |
0,886 |
Medical University of South Africa |
1,823 |
1,536 |
University of Natal |
0,834 |
0,745 |
University of the North |
0,992 |
1,149 |
University of the Orange Free State |
0,833 |
0,736 |
University of Port Elizabeth |
0,834 |
0,773 |
Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
0,834 |
0,815 |
University of Pretoria |
0,833 |
0,744 |
Rand Afrikaans University |
0,834 |
0,703 |
Rhodes University |
0,833 |
0,723 |
University of South Africa |
0,696 |
0,748 |
University of Stellenbosch |
0,833 |
0,807 |
University of the Western Cape |
0,834 |
0,990 |
University of the Witwatersrand |
0,833 |
0,703 |
University of Zululand |
1,433 |
0,948 |
Vista University |
0,758 |
0,704 |
- (d) The proposed a-values for 1989 will only become known when the 1989/90 budget is submitted to Parliament.
- (3) Yes. The lack of funds prevented the attainment of a-values equal to one.
- (4) Yes. This is mainly due to previous financing patterns and a lack of funds.
- (5) No.