Purpose:

Regulate and support private colleges as a means of expanding the institutional base for providing quality post-school education and training opportunities.

Functions:
Developing and implementing the legal framework for regulating the provision of Private Further Education and Training.
Evaluating applications for registration lodged by private FET colleges.
Publishing the Registrar’s decisions and determinations in the Government Gazette.
Keeping the public informed about matters relating to the regulation of private FET colleges.
Monitoring registered Private FET colleges for compliance with the legal framework.
Liaising and consulting with SAQA, Umalusi and other ETQAs on matters relating to the registration of qualifications on the NQF as well as quality assurance and quality promotion in the FET sector.
Publishing at regular intervals a register of registered private FET colleges.
Maintaining an Information Management System for the private FET sector in order to advise the Registrar on the size and shape of the FET sector and the extent to which it contributes to the human resource development needs of the country.