Fin24 reports that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has denied fully reinstating the registration of Educor, after the private education group issued a statement saying its registration would be "fully reinstated".

The DHET advised in a statement: "Educor's statement misleadingly suggests that it has been fully reinstated without conditions, which is not the case … The department wishes to clarify that Educor's statement contains significant omissions regarding the nature of their reinstatement." Last week, Educor's Michael Thurley reported that Educor officials had met with senior DHET officials at a "groundbreaking" meeting in September. He claimed that, at the meeting, it was "resolved that all Educor institutions be fully reinstated with no administrative preconditions, beyond monthly monitoring requirements whereby the institutions submit ongoing reports for six months". The Educor statement made no mention of the term "provisional". It followed months of bad press about abrupt campus closures, dismissed staff seeking back pay, and "lost" students trying to get answers from Educor. In September, DHET Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane did provisionally reinstate Educor's registration, but with specific conditions, including the submission of ongoing reports over six months. Educor – which includes private colleges such as City Varsity, ICESA City Campus, Lyceum College, and Damelin – was deregistered by former DHET Minister Blade Nzimande in March. In August, Educor's registration was provisionally reinstated by Nkabane on "purely humanitarian grounds".

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jan Cronje at Fin24 (subscription or trial registration required)

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