HCHE
CALENDARIMPORTANT DATES 2020
1 May
Public Holiday – Worker’s Day
15 June – 3 July
1st Semester Examinations (Adjusted due to Covid-19)
16 June
Public Holiday – Youth Day
2020
FIRST SEMESTER
January 2020
2
- Working days begin
27, 28
- Orientation and compulsory English Placement Test for new students
28-30
- Registration for all students
February 2020
3
- Opening Assembly at 9:00 – Classes begin at 11:00 / ELI 1st Qtr begins / LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT – Application of Class Attendance Policy.
3-7
- LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT
9
- Peninsula Tour for New Students
10
- Staff and Student Consecration Service at 10:00
10-12
- FINAL LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT
12
- FINAL LATE REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 13:00. Last day to Drop / Add / Change a module. Students may not join classes after this date.
March 2020
1-7
- Week Of Spiritual Emphasis (WOSE)
23-27
- Wellness Week
25
- Community Engagement Week
April 2020
2-9
- Mid-Semester Examinations / ELI 1st Quarter Examinations (8 – 9) / Classes end at 13:00
10
- Easter – Public Holiday – Good Friday
13
- Easter – Public Holiday – Family Day
14-17
- Mid-Semester Break
20
- Classes begin at 08:00 / ELI 2nd Quarter begins
20-24
- National Library Week
27
- Public Holiday – Freedom Day
May 2020
1
- Public Holiday – Workers’ Day
21 May-5 June
- RPL Portfolio Course
25 May-12 June
- HCert in Office Management Session 1
- New intake Students for HCert must be on campus by 18 May as they will be doing an additional module
June 2020
10
- Academic DP for 1st Semester (Adjusted due to COVID – 19)
15 June – 3 July
- Examinations for 1st Semester (Adjusted due to COVID – 19)
16
- Public Holiday – Youth Day
17
- Grades voted and sent to Registrar’s Office
SECOND SEMESTER
July 2020
21 June-03 July
- HCHE SAU Teacher Certification Programme – Session 1 / NCSA SAU Teacher Certification Programme – Session 3
2,3
- Staff Development / Training
7
- Orientation for New Students / Registration for all students
7-9
- Registration for all students
13
- Opening Assembly at 9:00 – Classes begin at 11:00 / ELI 3rd Quarter begins / LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT – Application of 15% Absence Policy
13-17
- LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT
20-22
- LATE REGISTRATION FEE IN EFFECT
22
- FINAL LATE REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 13:00. Last day to Drop / Add / Change a module. Students may not join classes after this date. (24 July)
August 2020
9
- Public Holiday – National Woman’s Day
10
- Public Holiday – National Woman’s Day Observed
16-22
- Week Of Spiritual Emphasis (WOSE)
26
- Sports day
31 Aug-4 Sept
- Mid-Semester Examinations / ELI 3rd Quarter Examinations (2 – 3) / Classes end at 13:00
September 2020
2
- Academic DP for 1st Semester Sypplementary (Adjusted due to COVID – 19)
7-18
- Mid-Semester Break / Supplementary Exams for Covid – 19
14
- Classes resume at 08:00 / English Language Institute 4th quarter begins
7-25
- HCert in Office Management Session 2
24
- Public Holiday – Heritage Day
25
- College Holiday
27 Sep – 3 Oct
- VOP Week of Prayer
October 2020
21
- Academic DP for 2nd Semester published – Examination Entrance Certificates
23
- Last day of classes for 2nd Semester / Classes end at 13:00
26-28
- Block Study
29 Oct-13 Nov
- Examinations for 2nd Semester Start
November 2020
18
- Supplementary Examinations for Graduates
December 2020
1
- Staff Year-End Function
3
- Graduation Weekend: Alumni Supper at 19:00
4
- Graduation Weekend: Consecration Service at 19:00
5
- Graduation Weekend: Baccalaureate Service at 11:00
6
- Graduation Commencement Ceremony at 10:00
16
- Public Holiday – Day of Reconciliation
23
- College closes at 13:00 on Wednesday 23 December until 3 January 2021
23
- College closes at 13:00 on Wednesday 23 December until 3 January 2021
January 2021
18-22
- 2nd Semester 2020 Supplementary Exams
PLEASE TAKE NOTE
Helderberg College of Higher Education reserves the right to adjust this Calender of Events as deemed necessary.