| Welcome to the website of the National Institute for Higher Education - Northern Cape This website is currently being updated and will be available shortly. Please make use of the following contact details for any enquires: Tel: 053 807 5300 Fax: 053 807 5358 Email: students1@nihe.co.za Old Provincial Building, PO Box 305, Kimberley, 8300 About us: The National Institute for Higher Education in the Northern Cape was launched with a great deal of excitement in June 2003 by the then Minister of Education. The NIHE was established in order to address the need for higher education provision in the Northern Cape. The NIHE is the fruits of many years of intensive lobbying and hard work by our provincial government. It is with great pride that the province can now boast of its own Institute for Higher Education. The province is especially proud that it will be able to offer higher education to its people, address the skills and human resource shortage and improve the lives of its people. The former Amalgamated Perseverance and Phatsimang colleges and Kimberley Academy of Music have been incorporated into the NIHE with the aim of transforming the provinces’ education system to reflect and advance the hopes and aspirations of the people of the Northern Cape It is important to note that the choice of programmes for delivery in the institute is informed by a deliberate processing of determining training needs in the province. It is this approach that we believe will ensure that the Institute continues to offer programs that are relevant and respond to the needs of the province. Vision & Mission The Vision of NIHE is; ‘To become the leader in the provision of quality higher education in the Northern Cape’. The Institute’s mission is contributing to the provision of opportunities for quality, relevant and sustainable higher education in the Northern Cape through collaborations with other higher education institutions. Higher Education Amendment Act 0f 2003 & Mandate of NIHE The National Institute For Higher Education (NIHE) is established in terms of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) as amended to coordinate the regional provision of higher education; ensure the coherent provision of higher education through programme collaboration between public higher education institutions operating in the province; advise the Minister of Education on matters relating to the coordination of the provision of higher education in the region; and perform any other duty, which may prescribed. The NIHE will serve as an “administrative and governance hub” for institutions currently operating in the province. |
