Cap. 25:27 Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education Act No. 1/2006 (c) the private institution, when established, is likely to attain and maintain standards set out in accordance with Part V on a long-term basis; and (d) the establishment of the institution of higher education is in the interest of higher education in Zimbabwe; it may provisionally register the applicant until such time as it is finally registered in terms of subsection (8) and issue to it a provisional registration certificate. (2) Provisional registration authorises the private institution to(a) set up a governing body for the proposed higher education institution; and (b) commence or continue to develop physical facilities; and (c) commence or continue to assemble academic resources; and (d) publicise the programmes of instruction expected to be offered at the institution. (3) Provisional registration may be subject to such terms and conditions including the intake of students, as the Council may determine. (4) The Council shall publish by notice in the Gazette and by advertisement in any other media it deems fit, the name and particulars of every private institution to which it has issued a provisional registration certificate. (5) A provisional registration certificate shall be valid for twelve months from the date of issue. (6) On or before the expiry of a provisional registration certificate, a private institution shall apply to the Council for final registration by submitting to the Chief Executive Officer the prescribed form accompanied by such documentation and fee as may be prescribed. (7) If the Council, after considering the application and making such inspection of the institution as it deems fit, is satisfied that the provisionally registered private institution has fulfilled the terms and conditions under the provisional registration certificate, it may make recommendations to the President through the Minister that a charter be granted to the institution concerned. (8) If, after receiving the recommendations, the President considers that the establishment of the private institution concerned will further the development of higher education in Zimbabwe, he or she may grant the institution a charter, in which event he or she shall publish a proclamation in a statutory instrument(a) declaring the institution to be finally registered; and (b) setting forth the terms of the charter. (9) Upon publication of a proclamation, the private institution concerned shall be established as a body corporate, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and, subject to its charter and this Act, of performing all acts that a body corporate may by law perform. (10) The Council shall keep a register of all private institutions at its offices which shall be available for inspection by members of the public during normal working hours, upon payment of the prescribed fee. 12 Provisions to be contained in charters of private institutions Every charter of a private institution of higher education shall make provision for the following matters-8-

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