Daniels F M
School of Nursing, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535.
Curationis. 2010 Mar;33(1):42-8. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v33i1.1017.
Since South Africa became a democratic country in 1994, the higher education sector has been faced with the challenge of transformation and restructuring. The Minister of Education in the Education White Paper 3 stated that "the higher education system must be transformed to redress the past inequities, to serve a new social order, to meet pressing national needs and to respond to realities and opportunities" (Department of Education, 1997:2). Higher education institutions were faced with the realities of impending mergers and collaborations across programmes and between universities and technikons. The Council on Higher Education (CHE) submitted a report to the Minister of Education in February 2002 which proposed the establishment of new institutional and organizational forms within regions (Department of Education, 2002: 7-8). The Minister announced changes in higher education based on his assessment of the proposals submitted by the CHE which resulted in the reduction of the number of higher education institutions from 36 to 21 (Department of Education, 2002:11-20). There were specific implications for nursing education in the Western Cape. In December 2002 the Minister of Education, Kader Asmal announced that with effect from 2005, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and a new institution, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) would be the only enrolling institutions for undergraduate nursing education in the Western Cape. The Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) instead proposed the establishment of a common teaching platform for nursing education in the region to meet the objectives of national and provincial government and to make optimal use of the combined strengths of the three universities and the technikon. This proposal was accepted by the minister and the common teaching platform, a unique form of collaboration, was established in 2005.
自1994年南非成为民主国家以来，高等教育部门一直面临着转型和重组的挑战。教育部长在《教育白皮书3》中指出，“高等教育系统必须进行转型，以纠正过去的不平等现象，服务新的社会秩序，满足紧迫的国家需求，并应对现实和机遇”（教育部，1997：2）。高等教育机构面临着跨项目以及大学与技术学院之间即将进行合并与合作的现实情况。高等教育委员会（CHE）于2002年2月向教育部长提交了一份报告，提议在各地区建立新的机构和组织形式（教育部，2002：7 - 8）。部长根据对CHE提交提案的评估宣布了高等教育方面的变革，这导致高等教育机构的数量从36所减少到21所（教育部，2002：11 - 20）。这对西开普省的护理教育产生了特定影响。2002年12月，教育部长卡德·阿斯马尔宣布，自2005年起，西开普大学（UWC）和一个新机构——开普半岛理工大学（CPUT）将成为西开普省本科护理教育的唯一招生机构。相反，开普高等教育联盟（CHEC）提议在该地区建立一个护理教育的共同教学平台，以实现国家和省级政府的目标，并充分利用三所大学和技术学院的综合优势。该提议得到了部长的认可，这个独特的合作形式——共同教学平台于2005年成立。
