TVET ISSN 2410-6496 College Times Volume 55 December 2018 The Official Quarterly TVET College Newsletter and Journal TVET Colleges: Your first choice stop for career training TVET COLLEGE TIMES December 2018 Your first choice stop for career training TVET ISSN 2409-3319 College Times FROM THE MINISTER once heard a highly regarded TVET Promotions; and finishing off with Volume 55 December 2018 The Official Quarterly TVET College Newsletter and Journal Iprofessional in the UK use the expression, Graduations. “If it’s not Vocational Education, then what In Policy and Operational Shifts, is it?” He was not being entirely serious. there is an announcement of the However, perhaps a truth does lurk publication of the Fact Sheet on Neet’s TVET Colleges are the there somewhere! and news of the National Skills Authority’s Certainly, Government is “putting public hearings. Minister Pandor then Editorial team money where the mouth is”, in terms addresses us on HEAIDS. The column future – Let’s build Editor: Keith Loynes of increased funding and the promotion concludes with the first part of how to Rotating Assistant Editor: Ivan Swart of TVET. Read Minister Pandor’s go about creating TVET Institutions of Design & Layout: MPDPS (PTY) Ltd message on the opposite page if you First Choice, while referencing leading Printing: RSALitho had any doubts. The recognition of the international experiences. We conclude them now Professional language service: Woodleys Literary Services central role of Technical and Vocational with an Intellectual Debate that features TVET Colleges: Account Management: Education and Training again features in an illuminating TVET College study on False Bay TVET College Your first choice stop he National Development Plan for infrastructure maintenance was the speeches of both the Minister and student literacy levels. for career training Website support: 1 (NDP) of 2012 provided a particular approved for implementation during Deputy Minister in From the Ministry. The We received items for publication TVET COLLEGE TIMES December 2018 T Blue Sky Management Consulting message is again underscored in Cutting from more than 30 TVET professionals roadmap to the future: a society with the last quarter of 2017. We have Copyright Edge News, with the Human Resource for inclusion in this edition for which we IN THIS ISSUE: more jobs and less poverty. The NDP commenced with the training of 250 Development Council convening their are most grateful. It shows clearly, that Cover Story identifies a major potential for jobs to college personnel in basic infrastructure DHET TVET Colleges, Private Bag meeting at a TVET college under the TVET professionals do reflect and write Your first choice stop for career be created by small and medium-sized condition assessment. These personnel GNM Pandor, MP X174, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Chairmanship of the Deputy President about their experiences. We have fitted training. See the feature on Open firms in the services sector. In preparing will also be trained in setting up annual Minister of Higher Education Training of SA. In our Movers and Shakers, we in as many as possible, in the belief TVET Colleges Website Days and College Promotions for these jobs, additional funding has maintenance plans, which will assist in showcase a student and a college, who that you will find something of interest on pages 28 - 30 and the paper been provided to TVET colleges as a first- the determination of the initial capital www.tvetcolleges.co.za inspire us with their achievements. We and value to your own particular field of choice option for school leavers. It is at injection requirements. The aim is to Visit the website for free online have a packed Campus Matters column TVET. We look forward to receiving your “Making South African TVET an About TVET Colleges these Colleges that significant numbers establish suitable bulk services and subscription to TVET CollegeTimes. with articles that feature Teaching articles by the 24th of January and to appealing choice for the youth of young people will learn the new skills the adequate maintenance of existing and Learning; Open Learning; Special meeting you again in the March edition. of SA” on pages 39 - 42 here are 50 TVET Colleges operating Cover Photograph needed for this growing sector. building infrastructure. Needs Teaching and Learning; Work Until then, take care and take TVET Ton more than 267 campuses across TVET Colleges: Your first choice Integrated Learning, Work Placement College Times with you on your summer From the Minister Currently our post-school education The Centres of Specialisation the nine provinces of South Africa. stop for career training and Employment; WorldSkills; Artisan holidays. Return well-rested and inspired and training sector is still skewed Programme gives practical expression Image by: Thokozani Ndhlovu, Page 3 The colleges serve approximately Gert Sibande TVET College. Glen Development; Partnerships Local and to make 2019 the best TVET year yet. towards university education. For to the idea that the future of colleges lies 700 000 students per annum and Mojalefa assembles an aluminium International; Campus Management and From the Ministry this reason, we are putting ever more in providing occupational programmes frame. Glen is an NCV Level 4 Development; Open Days and College Your TVET College Times Team. the Department of Higher Education Engineering and Related Design emphasis on TVET colleges and they for artisans. Apprenticeships provide (mechanical) graduate. Page 5 - 7 are expected to grow substantially. At a vehicle for combining institution and Training employs in excess of EXCITING WEBSITE FUNCTIONS SUPPORTS TVET COLLEGES the same time, our TVET colleges are and workplace learning as envisaged 18 000 personnel in the colleges. Waiver Cutting Edge News being challenged to become much in all occupational programmes. In The colleges offer a large variety of We are pleased to remind you of the TVET Colleges User Access Facility on the website courses in response to the human The views and opinions of contributors do www.tvetcolleges.co.za Page 9 more responsive to the changing this process, the continuum between not necessarily reflect those of DHET. labour market, and to be more flexible occupational programmes and artisan resource requirements of a diversified TVET College Times and the DHET accept The facility on this website, as announced at the TVET Communicator’s Forum and the Movers and Shakers in addressing the country’s skills development is made explicit. economy. The colleges are operated in no liability with regard to authorship and recent TVET College Times Editorial Meetings, provides each of the 50 TVET Colleges content of articles and photographs terms of the Continuing Education and with their own page on the website. The website www.tvetcolleges.co.za attracts up shortages and developmental needs. Quite clearly, business and labour and present these as the bona fide Page 10 to 100 000 visits per month at peak times of the year. It makes sense therefore that Since some Colleges were placed have an important role to play in the Training Act 16 of 2006 and statutory contributions of correspondents. TVET Colleges have a page on the website on which they can also reach these visitors. Campus Matters under administration in 2015, times TVET system. They should be full institutional structures comprise of the This is your own College Page to manage as you see fit. There are no costs involved for Contributors have changed. There are currently no partners in the training process from its Council, the Academic Board and the your college. The facility is brought to you free, with the compliments of TVET College Page 12 - 35 Tshegofatso Rapoo, Ivan Swart, Times. The purpose of the page is to allow TVET Colleges to publish College News and TVET colleges under administration. inception, and cannot only be involved Students Representative Council. Events on its own Calendar page. Visitors to the website will access the College Pages Although, the relations between after the training is complete and there Lame Morubane, Nadine Moodaely, Policy & Operational Shifts Tumelo Morobe, Julia Senoelo, through a new dedicated menu item. Each College will register as their own user in management and councils at some is a need for work placement. This order to administer the page, publish newsflashes, and provide information about Henriette van Twisk, Dr Pieter Geel, Page 37 - 42 Colleges are not yet at the standard that means that they need to be given real Maggie Maja, Ernest Sonnenberg, upcoming events. This facility is ideal for conveying Examination News; Enrolment About TVET College Times and Registration Dates, and News; Community Events, and more. This is your tool. we expect. This is evident in forensic influence in the TVET system. Wilma de Villiers, Dr Jyoti Singh, Use it well and gain much. Do not use it, and stand to lose the opportunity for Intelectual Debate Roshin Schmidt, Samantha Damons, investigations, where Management SETAs each have a database of irst published in 2005, TVET College marketing your college in 2019. 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