To amend the Higher Education Act, 1997, so as to provide afresh for the establishment of a national institute for higher education; to extend the functions of a national institute for higher education; to provide for the appointment of an administrator for a national institute for higher education; to provide for the closure of a national institute for higher education; to extend the powers and functions of an independent assessor; to give the Minister the power to intervene in the case of poor or non-performance or maladministration by a public higher education institution; to provide for the dissolution of the council as well as procedure for such dissolution; and to extend the powers of an administrator to temporarily take over the management, governance and administration of the council of a public higher education institution; and to amend the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008, so as to change the date on which the annual report of the South African Qualifications Authority must be submitted to the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith.