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BusinessLive reports that according to higher education and training minister Naledi Pandor, the government is on a mission to boost the allure and efficiency of technical and vocational education training (TVET) colleges.
The National Development Plan envisages the college sector as crucial as crucial in tackling skills shortages, but the sector is still hampered by a lack of funding and poor management. A particular concern is that few TVET colleges have qualified teaching staff, or teachers with adequate technical skills. Pandor, speaking at the annual International Vocational Education and Training Association conference in Cape Town on Monday, said making technical and vocational education training the "first choice" was a priority for the government. She emphasised the need to place technical and vocational education at the centre of the skills-development agenda. At the heart of the challenges facing the TVET system was the "rupture that occurred between colleges and employers, a rupture that began with the introduction of ‘private students’ well before the dawn of our democracy in 1994", said Pandor.
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