Programme Overview

The original development programme in the higher education branch of the Department of Education was launched in December 2000 while the present phase, exploring the complex nature of merged HEIs in South Africa, came into existence in 2007.

The programme is a partnership between the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD), the Department of Education and higher education institutions. The programme is known as the South Africa-Norway Tertiary Education Development Programme (SANTED). The purpose of the programme is to assist the Department of Education in the transformation of the higher education sector.  The current programme, the SANTED project, is a joint venture between NMMU and UJ and is focussed on three elements:

• Access, retention and success of students, through interventions in teaching and learning and through the promotion of multilingualism on campuses;
• Capacity building, through building administrative, academic and management capacity, including the development of systems, procedures and policies in institutions that have been historically disadvantaged, and, building curriculum and programme design capacity and establishing more flexible learning pathways for students, in the new comprehensive universities; and
• SADC collaboration, through enhancing co-operation and building partnerships between higher education institutions in South Africa and other SADC countries

The SANTED Programme will be supporting projects in these areas in at least nine South African universities and five universities in neighbouring SADC countries.

Contact Information
Ms Gerda Baard
	Position: SANTED Project Administrator Phone: 27 41 583 5985 Fax: 27 41 504 1663 E-mail: gerda.baard Location: Summerstrand Campus (North)
Prof Charles Wait
	Position: SANTED Project Coordinator. Emeritus Professor Phone: 27 41 504 2205 Fax: 27 41 504 1663 E-mail: charles.wait Location: Summerstrand Campus (South)