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Executive officer of the National Skills Authority Thabo Mashongoane believes in upskilling and co-operation

A humble helping hand in the NSA

‘Ultimately, we’re stronger when we have one common vision’

Mfanafuthi Joseph Nkosi, Panorama Combined School, KwaZulu-Natal

Excellence in Teaching Physical Science (FET)

‘There’s nothing as fulfilling as helping learners attain the academic goals that they’d never even thought of attempting’

Naledi Pandor, Minister of Higher Education

Exploring FETs and TVETs as viable alternatives

Your chances of finding or creating work are increased

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande.

Blade looks to university campuses to house community-based colleges

Blade Nzimande is working towards creating community-based colleges, but South Africans shouldn’t expect fresh buildings to house those institutions.

Disconnections: Vocational education will not

How can we meet our skills needs if we don’t know what they are?

The state’s ‘scarcity list’ is misleading, its analysis faulty and its data selective and in parts wrong.

Blade defends colleges against complaints from private sector

Blade Nzimande has defended public technical colleges, saying that the private sector needs to ensure colleges are offering what they need.

Report: Director General of education Gwebs Qonde blames wholesale ‘internal control deficiences’ for the ‘regression of audit outcomes’.

FET colleges get an F for audits

Principals have been given a year to fix their severely flawed administrative systems.

A changing world requires that curricula be adapted to create graduates who are employable

College students still waiting on their living allowances

Infighting in the FoodBev Seta has prevented the payment of stipends, amid claims the training authority is refusing to honour its contracts.

Westcol Student: ‘I’d study anywhere except here’

The plight of a Limpopo technical college is no exception, experts say "many are unable to cope".

Rural colleges need private boost

Revamping vocational training will achieve little in rural areas unless it is linked to job creation.

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.

Blade launches white paper to meet needs of ‘neets’

Blade Nzimande hopes his white paper on post-school education and training will help millions of young people "out of the doldrums of poverty".

A matric has become a minimum requirement for a multitude of jobs.

Limpopo officials warn matrics of bogus FET colleges

The Limpopo education department has urged matriculants to ensure the institutions where they want to study are registered.

Graphic: John McCann

Turning around the FET colleges

Recently reported problems with the issuing of certificates are being sorted out.

The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government

Blade leaves FET graduates in lurch

Angry students say the higher education department’s failure to issue qualification certificates is blighting their futures.

Inherent problem: Students say papers are leaked every year

Leaks and delayed results mar FET sector

The leaking of exam papers is a perennial problem in the FET sector, causing severe financial and academic problems.

The policy of recognition of prior learning

RPL is paved with good intentions

What has become of this policy, which aims to offer a second chance at education success?

Bara nursing college closed indefinitely

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College has been closed indefinitely because of student protests, the Gauteng department of health said.

Millions need colleges that work

Millions need colleges that work

They are the only hope for further education and training for those who cannot go to university.

Making public colleges effective

Making public colleges effective

Support for students on many levels is needed to improve South Africa’s many colleges.

Youthful perspective: Among other things

Match policy with reality and young people stand a chance

Ill-conceived, fanciful proposals will not improve South Africa’s education system.