Learners encouraged to investigate the research solutions at TVET colleges
Learners encouraged to investigate the research solutions at TVET colleges
Blog Article
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has inspired learners to look at the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges as being a precious and viable choice for advancing their careers.
The Deputy Minister was speaking during an oversight visit to your post-school education and instruction (PSET) establishments during the Western Cape this week.
Gondwe described the TVET colleges as vital for job creation and youth skills development from the state.
The Deputy Minister visited the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, as well as Cape Peninsula {University of Know-how (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits aimed at examining the condition of readiness of better education institutions across the nation, ahead on the 2025 educational year.
Through the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to get pride in attaining artisan capabilities as they supply good 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 tvet colleges open for late applications coding," Gondwe said.
At the second part of the visit, college students at CPUT expressed issues about college student residences along with other amenities. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to work with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily take care of the identified difficulties.
The Deputy Minister’s visit to the Western Cape, here 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.
Through the visits, the Deputy Minister has long been accompanied by important senior officials 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 troubles confronted by the NSFAS was within the spotlight in the course of western tvet college the Free State leg on 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 here the special meeting of the Post Education and Training sector held in 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, elangeni tvet college with North West higher education institutions being the next on the list.
– SAnews.gov.za