ADVTECH ANNOUNCES A CHANGE TO THEIR ACADEMIC ADVIS
ADVTECH ANNOUNCES A CHANGE TO THEIR ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
ADvTECH Limited
JSE Share code: ADH
ISIN: ZAE000031035
PRESS RELEASE
ADvTECH Limited, the education, recruitment and human resources group, today
announced that Prof. H.P. Africa with the agreement of the HEQC, would be
stepping down from the AdvTech Academic Advisory Board (AAB) due to a perception
of conflict of interest with the Chair of the HEQC Board.
Commenting on Prof Africa"s departure, Frank Thompson, AdvTech CEO said:
"Professor Africa was appointed to the AAB in June 2003 and although he only
served for a very short time, we are grateful for the positive contribution he
has made.
Thompson continued: " He has not acted in any manner to breach the trust that
HEQC has developed with AdvTech, but some private institutions have indicated
that they perceive his appointment as constituting a conflict of interest."
"To avoid this perception and in the interest of helping the HEQC to develop a
fair, single and quality higher education system, Professor Africa resigned from
the AdvTech AAB," said Dr Prem Naidoo, Acting Executive Director HEQC.
AdvTech believes in proper accreditation and monitoring of all educational
institutions as part of the process of providing quality education. Given the
range of institutional types (from early childhood to higher education) within
the AdvTech group, the AAB was developed to advise on the various aspects of the
educational enterprise of the Group in order to maintain the highest educational
standards and to contribute to the transformation of South Africa.
AdvTech has announced no immediate replacement at this stage.
-ENDS-
For further information contact:
ADvTECH
Frank Thompson 011 886 5100
Brunswick
Taryn Proksch 083 273 1301
Rob Pinker 083 326 7794
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