Learners encouraged to explore the study possibilities at TVET colleges
5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has encouraged learners to consider the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges as a important and viable option for advancing their professions.
The Deputy Minister was speaking for the duration of an oversight visit for the post-school education and education (PSET) institutions while in the Western Cape this week.
Gondwe explained the TVET colleges as essential for job creation and youth skills development within the state.
The Deputy Minister frequented the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, and the Cape Peninsula {University of Technological know-how (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.
Gondwe's visits targeted at assessing the condition of readiness of increased education institutions across the nation, forward of the 2025 academic year.
During the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to take satisfaction in buying artisan expertise as they provide good entrepreneurship options.
"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, college students at CPUT expressed problems about student residences as well as other amenities. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to work with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily solve the recognized concerns.
The Deputy here Minister’s visit to the Western Cape, follows her recent visit to higher education institutions in the Free State more info where she visited Goldfields TVET College and the Central University of Technology (CUT), at the Welkom campus.
In the course of the visits, the Deputy Minister is accompanied by vital senior officers from Higher more info 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 faced with the NSFAS was during the spotlight in the course of the Free State leg of 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 get more info 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 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 here other provinces, with North West higher education institutions being the next on the list.
– SAnews.gov.za