Functions:

To promote research in teacher education, so as to strengthen the capacity and capabilities of universities to produce Foundation Phase teachers for the Basic Education System.
To strengthen the provision of teacher/lecturer education in the Higher Education and Training System, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education and the FET College System.
To develop regulatory policies for teacher/lecturer qualifications that are in line with the HEQF.
To ensure the alignment of teacher/lecturer education programmes with academic policy, teacher education policy and the Programme Qualification
Mix (PQM).