Learners encouraged to explore the study possibilities at TVET colleges
Learners encouraged to explore the study possibilities at TVET colleges
Blog Article
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has inspired learners to consider the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to be a important and viable alternative for advancing their professions.
The Deputy Minister was speaking in the course of an oversight visit for the post-school education and instruction (PSET) institutions while in the Western Cape this week.
Gondwe explained the TVET colleges as critical for job creation and youth skills development inside the nation.
The Deputy Minister visited the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, as well as Cape Peninsula {University of Technologies (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits aimed at assessing the condition of readiness of bigger education institutions across the nation, forward of the 2025 academic year.
In the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to consider pride in buying artisan abilities as they provide excellent entrepreneurship opportunities.
"I'm 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 elangeni tvet college at CPUT expressed issues about college student residences and also other services. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to work with the Student Representative Council (SRC), here to speedily solve the recognized troubles.
The more info 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 umfolozi tvet college campus.
Over 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 difficulty of funding and administrative issues faced by the NSFAS was 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 tvet college courses without matric 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 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