Learners encouraged to investigate the research alternatives at TVET colleges
Learners encouraged to investigate the research alternatives at TVET colleges
Blog Article
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has encouraged learners to evaluate the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges like a worthwhile and feasible option for advancing their careers.
The Deputy Minister was talking through an oversight visit to your post-school education and teaching (PSET) institutions in the Western Cape this 7 days.
Gondwe described the TVET colleges as important for job creation and youth skills development in the nation.
The Deputy Minister visited the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, plus the Cape Peninsula {University of Technology (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits aimed toward examining the state of readiness of increased education institutions across the nation, ahead in the 2025 educational year.
During the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to acquire pleasure in obtaining artisan capabilities as they supply great entrepreneurship options.
"I am very encouraged by what I'm seeing at TVET colleges, I believe they are the future of this country. TVETs are producing artisans with much needed skills [and] also offer opportunities for learners to acquire future skills, such as robotics, AI [Artificial intelligence], and coding," Gondwe said.
At the second part of the visit, students at CPUT expressed worries about student residences and various amenities. The Deputy Minister directed the establishment to work with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily solve the identified challenges.
The Deputy Minister’s visit to the Western Cape, follows her recent visit to higher education institutions in the Free State where she visited Goldfields TVET College and the Central University of Technology (CUT), at the elangeni tvet college Welkom campus.
In the course of the visits, the Deputy Minister continues to be accompanied by critical senior officials from Higher Education and Training, and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
The Deputy sedibeng tvet college Minister’s dedicated Help Desk has also formed part of the motheo tvet college delegation, assisting with all higher education related queries on each visit.
The problem of funding and administrative worries faced because of the NSFAS was in the spotlight through the Free State leg of your visits.
"NSFAS needs to get its act together, in order to ensure that student allowances are paid on time with no delays. Delays cause serious challenges for learners; learners need allowances to eat and to here buy hygiene products. This is important for their sense of wellbeing and dignity," Gondwe said.
Gondwe embarked on the state of readiness visits following a plan of action, announced by Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane at the special meeting of the Post Education and Training sector held in western tvet college January 2025, to establish the state of readiness for the 2025 academic year.
The Deputy Minister's oversight is expected to continue in other provinces, with North West higher education institutions being the next on the list.
– SAnews.gov.za