Learners urged to explore the study choices at TVET colleges
Learners urged to explore the study choices at TVET colleges
Blog Article
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has encouraged learners to look at the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges like a valuable and practical option for advancing their occupations.
The Deputy Minister was speaking for the duration of an oversight visit towards the post-school education and education (PSET) institutions inside the Western Cape this week.
Gondwe described the TVET colleges as crucial for job creation and youth skills development from the place.
The Deputy Minister visited the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, along with the Cape Peninsula {University of Technologies (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits geared toward evaluating the state of readiness of greater education institutions across the country, ahead from the 2025 educational year.
During the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to choose pride in acquiring artisan techniques as they offer fantastic entrepreneurship chances.
"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 tvet colleges open for applications expressed issues about student residences and other amenities. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to operate with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily solve the discovered challenges.
The website 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 click here the Central University of Technology (CUT), at the Welkom campus.
In the course of the visits, the Deputy Minister has become accompanied by important 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 of the delegation, assisting with all higher education related queries on each visit.
The problem of funding and administrative challenges confronted from the NSFAS was while in the spotlight throughout the Free State leg on the visits.
"NSFAS needs to get its act together, in order to here 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 click here 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