The document contains draft National Education Information System Regulations, 2026 under the South African Schools Act, 1996. It sets out definitions, scope, duties of officials, data collection and reporting requirements, compliance and access control, and annexures on minimum data fields and submission dates.
It may be relevant to education departments, education institutions, ECD centres and Home Education because it deals with education data collection, storage, processing and reporting.
Evidence from source
Any person who wishes to submit written comments or representations on the draft Regulations is invited to do so within 30 days from the date of publication
Supports: Summary sentence 1 and the presence of a call for comments.
Data must be submitted to Department of Basic Education as per the schedule below.
Supports: Summary sentence 2 on reporting requirements and annexed submission dates.