Learners encouraged to discover the research solutions at TVET colleges
Learners encouraged to discover the research solutions at TVET colleges
Blog Article
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has inspired learners to think about the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges for a worthwhile and viable different for advancing their occupations.
The Deputy Minister was speaking during an oversight visit towards the post-school education and teaching (PSET) institutions during the Western Cape this 7 days.
Gondwe described the TVET colleges as essential for job creation and youth skills development from the region.
The Deputy Minister frequented the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, as well as the Cape Peninsula {University of Technological know-how (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits directed at evaluating the point out of readiness of bigger education institutions across the country, forward from the 2025 academic year.
In the course of the visit at West Coast College, she inspired learners to take satisfaction in getting artisan techniques as they supply good entrepreneurship alternatives.
"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, here college students at CPUT expressed concerns about college student residences and also other services. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to work with the Student Representative sedibeng tvet college Council (SRC), to speedily solve the determined 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 Welkom campus.
Throughout the visits, the Deputy Minister has become accompanied by essential senior officers from Higher Education and Training, and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
The Deputy Minister’s dedicated Help Desk has also formed part website of the delegation, assisting with all higher education related queries on each visit.
The issue of funding and administrative troubles confronted with the NSFAS was check here while in the spotlight through the Free State leg from the 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 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 January 2025, to establish the state of readiness for the check here 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