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TVET ISSN 2410-6496 College Times Volume 49 June 2017 The Official Quarterly TVET College Newsletter and Journal TVET Colleges: Bridging the Employability Gap 1 TVET COLLEGE TIMES June 2017 TVET Colleges: Bridging the TVET ISSN 2409-3319 College Times Volume 49 skills for employability gap June 2017 The Official Quarterly TVET College Newsletter and Journal VET College Times is pleased such as Entrepreneurship, Artisan Tto bring TVET professionals and Development, WorldSkills South associates, an edition packed with Africa, Work Integrated Learning, and useful and informative reading. We International Exchange. The column received an overwhelming number ends with a variety of articles that Editorial team of articles for publication. So much relate to stakeholder engagement, Editor: Keith Loynes so, that we could only fit in as much namely industry, alumni, students, Rotating Assistant Editor: Ivan Swart as we could from the more than and school learners. Policy and Design & Layout: MPDPS (PTY) Ltd thirty contributors. Some of the Operational Shifts presents the Printing: RSALitho material we could not fit, we hope to speech of the Director-General of Professional language service: Woodleys Literary Services bring you in the next edition, while the Department of Higher Education Office Management: others will find their exposure in and Training (DHET) made on TVET Colleges: Tiyani Ntimane related media forums. the occasion of the opening of the Bridging the Account Management: In this edition, the golden thread National Skills Conference. This is Employability Gap 1 False Bay TVET College that consistently features as the followed by news of a tracer-study; TVET COLLEGE TIMES March 2017 Website support: TVET Jun_Vol49_1-22.indd 1 2017/05/22 2:19 PM theme of so many articles remains, a report received on action taken Blue Sky Management Consulting the central issue of ‘bridging the to safeguard the public’s interests IN THIS ISSUE: Copyright skills gap in the promotion of in Higher Education and Training; Cover Story employability’. In this vein, we start a report on bridging the skills gap DHET TVET Colleges, Private Bag off with a word from the Minister. for employability; and a Higher TVET Colleges: Bridging the X174, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. We then present the Minister’s Education and Training Parliamentary Employability Gap. See article TVET Colleges Website address to the National WorldSkills Portfolio Committee hearing. We Competition; his announcement of then present our regular features on on Page 39 in particular. www.tvetcolleges.co.za a graduate placement programme the DHET sponsored campaigns of Visit the website for free online and his address on the occasion of HEAIDS and the pursuit of Labour From the Minister subscription to TVET CollegeTimes. the launch of a Recognition of Prior Market Intelligence. We continue Page 3 Cover Photograph Learning Centre. The Department with our next instalment of TVET In of Higher Education and Training the African Union – The Strategy; TVET Colleges: Bridging the employability gap continues to take progressive strides news of a revision of the Human From the Ministry Photograph supplied by Port on numerous fronts. The entire Resource Development Council Elizabeth TVET College. Competing in Cutting Edge News column has Strategy; a practice standard being Page 5 - 7 the National WorldSkills competition with their Modular Production been devoted to covering a selection set for corporate sponsored training; System are students Jazzwin of these. Similarly, in Movers and and opportunities for academic Cutting Edge News Williams and Masibulele Mini. Shakers, we have devoted the entire advancement for TVET professionals. Assessing the entry are from left Werner Hager and Ngokoana Tsita. column to mark the achievements of In conclusion, as part of the Page 9 - 11 hard-working and successful TVET Intellectual Debate, we present a College faculty. May you find, as we DHET Fact Sheet on NEETs (persons Waiver Movers and Shakers have, in the achievements of these who are Not in Employment, The views and opinions of contributors do not necessarily reflect those of practitioners, a cause for professional Education or Training). We trust that Page 12 - 14 DHET. TVET College Times and the inspiration. The Campus Matters readers will be suitably informed, DHET accept no liability with regard column, appropriately for mid- inspired and imbued with vitality for to authorship and content of articles Campus Matters and photographs and present these Academic year review, commences the final semester of the Academic with a feature on our core business, Year 2017. Enjoy the winter recess! as the bona fide contributions of Page 15 - 35 correspondents. namely, Teaching and Learning. This Join us again in September for the is followed by special interest features 50th edition of TVET College Times. Contributors Policy & Operational Shifts Morio Sanyane, Busiswa Gqangeni, EXCITING WEBSITE FUNCTIONS SUPPORTS TVET COLLEGES Lehlohonolo Mphuthi, Matau Manye, Page 36 - 45 Melanie Vermaak, Ntombekhaya Gwaqa, We are pleased to remind you of the functions available on the website www.tvetcolleges.co.za Lame Morubane, Marianne Elliott, Intellectual Debate Marelize Minnaar, Tabitha Kgosimore, TVET College professionals will no doubt find the information useful Thokozani Ndhlovu, Tshegogatso Rapoo, for their own purposes as well as for assisting students. These functions Page 46 - 47 Roshin Schmidt, Tsholofelo Mahoko, are also aimed at greatly assisting prospective students who wish to Numusa Zulu-Mangxa, Ivan Swart, pursue their studies at TVET Colleges or who need career advice. Tshwarelo Sebela, Nashveer Nemesar, Patience Makhaphela, David Muleele Lecturers can find College Calendars, Examination Time Tables, Entry Forms, College Contact Details and Phanuel Chauke, Tanya Aucamp, Management Action Plans and more. Morne Meyer, Tumelo Morobe, Glenda Page 48 Kruss, Il-haam Petersen, Samuel Fongwa, Kind regards WEBTEAM Azinga Tele, Jennifer Rust, Nalene de Klerk, Brenda Ntombele, Prof. Joy Papier DHET REGIONAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS Contributors send articles to: Region City Physical Address Contact numbers Webmail: www.tvetcolleges.co.za Eastern Cape Zwelitsha Steve Vukile Tshwete Street, Eastern Cape 040 608 4306 TVET College Times/Send Your Article Provincial Education Complex, Zone 6, Or use this url: Zwelitsha, Eastern Cape http://www.tvetcolleges.co.za/Site_ Free State and Johannesburg 111 Commissioner Street, Provincial 011 355 0930 TVET_College_Times.aspx Gauteng Education Building, Johannesburg, Gauteng Advertising, Subscriptions Kwa-Zulu Natal Pietermaritzburg 114 Pietermaritzburg Street, 033 345 2580/6 and editorial matters: Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal Limpopo Polokwane 58 Schoeman Street,Rentmeester Building, 015 291 2010/ E-mail: [email protected] 5th Floor, 509, Polokwane, Limpopo 015 291 2662 Fax: 012 328 3322 Telephone: 012 312 5352 Mpumalanga Mafikeng 1305 Dr Albert Luthuli Drive, Provincial 018 389 8150 Closing date for Volume 50: and North West Department of Education, Mafikeng, Wednesday, 26th July 2017 North West TVET College Times is supported by Northern Cape Cape Town 18th Floor, Sanlam Building, Golden Acre, 021 467 2614 subscribers and advertisers. and Western Cape 9 Adderley Street, Cape Town, Western Cape 2 TVET COLLEGE TIMES June 2017 FROM THE MINISTER Addressing the gaps in pursuit of a world-class Higher Education and Training system ur Higher Education and Training system established a key project on the development Ocontinues to grapple with significant of campus managers. This initiative is part of challenges. However, I am very confident the implementation of a turnaround strategy that despite these challenges, we are making for TVET colleges. This project is three-phased significant strides in building a post-school and funded by the NSF. All training will be education and training system with which we undertaken by TVET College managers who can be relatively satisfied. have the requisite experience. The trainers Crucially, we are also clear as Government have conceptualised and produced support about how we should continue to build this materials in areas which were identified as system; one which will serve the needs of all showing critical gaps in the management of South Africans and the economy. Because campuses. No fewer than 110 additional About TVET Colleges of their importance in the lifeblood of our campus managers have been included in the economy, high priority continues to be given to new phase of the project. This brings the total here are 50 TVET Colleges the further education sector centred on TVET of campus managers to receive training to Toperating on more than 267 colleges. To that end, the National Skills Fund 150. With regards to artisan development, the campuses across the nine provinces (NSF) has committed R2.5 billion towards the Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa. The colleges serve construction of new TVET college campuses and has since 2009 made several strides. To this approximately 800 000 students per the refurbishment of two existing campuses. end, we have established the National Artisan annum and the Department of Higher With regards to student housing, the Moderation Board (NAMB). The NAMB has Education and Training employs in Department’s Student Housing Infrastructure been tasked to monitor the performance of excess of 18 000 personnel in the Programme (SHIP) remains a major priority. accredited artisan trade