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FET College Times ISSN 2076-7021 Volume 29 June 2012 the Official Quarterly WCED FET College Newsletter FET College Times ISSN 2076-7021 Volume 29 June 2012 The Official Quarterly WCED FET College Newsletter Skilled FET College students rewarded for excellence IN THIS ISSUE: Page 2: A New Dawn for Performing Colleges | From the Chief Director’s Desk Page 3: Western Cape FET Colleges ‘PAY’ with Premier Page 4: Presidential Skills Development Summit with FET Colleges | ‘A’ Aggregate Celebrations! Page 5: A winning tripartite alliance results in world-class training Page 6: International Women’s Day inspires | Dare to dream - my future in jewellery manufacturing Page 7: Thumbs up for West Coast College Tradesman | New Work Placement Officer at Northlink heralds a new era | New Atlantis Campus Manager comes with lots of experience | Hilton Scheepers on the move Page 8: Awards for top students | Further Education and Training Colleges top NC(V) level 4 achiever award for 2011 | ‘Infecting the City’ Arts Festival winner Page 9: First Annual Quality Conference paves the way | City of Cape Town empowers apprentices Page 10: Vredendal besighede belê in die toekoms | e-Cadre Exit Workshop held at False Bay College | West Coast College awarded Gold in independent survey Page 11: Partnership yields a 100% pass rate | Partnerships the key to success | Motor mechanics and auto electricians in high demand Page 12: Northlink College hosts popular television show | Student Leadership receives training | ‘Girlology College Tour’ in lead-up to Youth Day Page 13: “Dare to Dream” Open Day a huge success Page 14: South Cape College acquires a new building for further growth | False Bay College re-opens its cutting-edge Central OfficePage 15: South Cape’s Industry Advisory Committee | Go big on advertising | ‘Layoff training’ on behalf of SETA Page 16: Services SETA taking National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) III to the next level Page 17: MOT support for students to achieve success Page 18: The College of Cape Town appoints TENET | Popular School Business Administration course soon fully online | Online course delivery gets another boost Page 19: Enterprise Resource Planning now in schools! | False Bay College puts Inclusive Education into practice A New Dawn for Performing Colleges f the record number of contributor about A-aggregate student achievers, by all. Particularly by the prospective Iitems sent in for publication in FET International Women’s Day celebrations students of course, for whom a future College Times is anything to go by, then and student’s dreams that are realised of opportunities beckons! Such growth it is safe to say that star performing through their FET college studies. Not and development cannot be physically Editorial Team public FET colleges are erupting with only are students setting new standards contained. Colleges are always activity in this new dawn. of excellence, but so are college improving their facilities, and yes, quite Editor: Keith Loynes employees. We feature some of our literally building a new college sector. A new dawn for public colleges has colleagues who are on the move. Read about how these Education and Rotating Assistant-Editors: been brought about by a confluence Training opportunities are about to Colleen Brennon, Ivan Swart of factors. They include massive In Campus Matters, we invite you to be served through the cutting edge Language Editor: additional funding for students through chew over the widest possible selection infrastructure developments at two of Dr Peter Merrington the Department of Higher Education of delectable news-bites which range the colleges. In Policy and Operational Design & Printing: and Training bursary scheme known as from the first in a planned series of Shifts, be impressed by the South Blue Dot Ink the NSFAS (National Student Financial Quality Conferences, collaboration Cape initiative of an Industry Advisory Copyright: WCED FET, Private Aid Scheme), record levels of financial with a municipality, local communities, Committee, an advertising thrust and Bag X9114, Cape Town, 8000 support to colleges to enable the offering commerce and industry and state the triumphs of the MOT life-skills South Africa, June 2012 of Department of Higher Education and departments. programme. We wrap up with exciting Training approved courses, extensive developments on the connectivity WCED FET Colleges Website publicity and public exposure through Partnerships abound and the fruits of and online learning fronts, Enterprise recently convened national events such these illustrate for us the cardinal truth Resource Planning, and finally a winning www.fetcolleges.co.za as the Presidential Summit on Skills that in working together we can achieve approach to Inclusive Education. Development, and on-going printed and so much more. See how colleges Cover Photograph visual media exposure in the press and invest in student leadership training, What more could you wish for in terms on the television. a Girlology Tour and more Open Day of Further Education and Training Dignitaries and top performing activities than can be mentioned, bar news, views and developments. Happy students at the first ever FET College In addition to this, we are enjoying the fact that a jolly good time was had reading! Provincial Awards Ceremony. the full support of the Provincial Photograph supplied by Hennie Government of the Western Cape on a Mentz, WCED. number of different levels, starting with the Premier’s Advancement of Youth Call for Papers Waiver (PAY) Project. And last but not least, The First Annual North-South Vocational Education and Training ICT Conference will municipalities across the province take place from 25 to 27 September at Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The views & opinions of contributors are liaising with public FET colleges The Conference will, among other things, showcase ICT Initiatives within the Public do not necessarily reflect those of on joint initiatives like never before. FET Colleges Sector. The conference will be hosted by Haugaland Skole (Norway), WCED Thanks to our ever eager and vigilant False Bay College and College of Cape Town. Experts in the field of E-Learning contributors, you can read an array of are invited to present papers. Contact Marian Theron for more information. Email: FET College Times and the WCED these developments in this edition of [email protected]. Tel: 021 003 0597 Cell: 083 272 0512 accept no liability with regard to FET College Times. For starters, read authorship and content of articles and photographs, and accept these as the bona fide contributions of FROM THE CHIEF DIRECTOR’S DESK correspondents. ne of the latest challenges placed management plan is now beginning Contributors Obefore public FET colleges is to unfold and is confirming the long- that they need to make sure that held view that this is not going to be Sharon Grobbelaar, Aasief Gaffoor, their students get work placement an event but a journey. This plan has Yvonne Botha, Jandré Bakker and after the completion of their courses. short, medium and long-term objectives Catherine Robertson, Mvuselelo This is a challenge which can only which suggest that this journey will have Kanku, Heinrich Robertson, Ivan succeed if colleges are closely aligned a number of milestones over a period of Swart, Charlene Beeming, Shona to commerce, industry and SETAs. time. We are now well poised to assist Zozo Siyengo, Chief Director: Further Shelley Dent, Ebrahim Peters, Elaine While some colleges might be making the implementation of this plan with the Education and Training Colleges Oosthuizen, Susan Mhakure, Gert progress in this regard, for others, likelihood of a number of developments Witbooi, Henty Wickens, Cheslynn much still needs to be done. taking place in the short-term. and push the physical boundaries of Johnson, Dr Wynona Michaels, Gerda classrooms and workshops alike. With Venter and Karen Burt, Tina Little, This initiative needs to be understood The FET colleges landscape is beginning all this background it has become Daleen Louw, Johlynn Anthony, Janse in the context of the need for young to experience interesting shifts. The imperative to invest more in our human Cronje, Wanda Möller, Deon Halls, people to become economically active spectrum of delivery continues to be resources. As we grow and improve, we Gordon C Payne, Marian Theron participants of society. It is the role diversified within complex institutions. face different, sometimes interesting of public FET colleges in particular Working hours cannot be a static factor challenges. We need to be absolutely Send contributions to: to act as the agency that injects the and neither can we afford to switch confident of our workforce being ready required skills, in sufficient volume, the lights off in the afternoon! We and able to perform in a professional Webmail: www.fetcolleges.co.za into commerce and industry. Colleges are looking forward to the result of manner regardless of where they may FET College Times/Send Your Article must continue striving to seek out the the Green Paper process. Apart from be. We can only turn this wheel if every Advertising & Editorial matters: opportunities that ultimately will fulfil some inevitable changes there must one of us does their best and we are [email protected] expectations. surely also be the strengthening of passionate and skilled enough to render the tasks. We are now fully underway Fax: 021 467 2487 certain admirable practices at colleges There has for a long time now been talk which are already in place. There with the academic year and I am sure : 021 467 2614 Telephone about FET colleges migrating to become are exciting times ahead for us and that we must all be very busy and Closing Date: Thursday, a national competence. Yes, for such FET colleges must, and will always, somewhat daunted by the fact that less 30 July 2012 an endeavour there is a need to have cope with any mandate placed before than six months is left for teaching and Supported by Western Cape certain frameworks in place supported them.
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