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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’

‘The Sars commission has deviated from its originally intended purpose,’ says Jacob Zuma in his papers. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Postgraduate opportunities

There are several bursary opportunities still available

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Discontent over management at many of the country’s FET colleges is growing.

KZN students’ discontent just the tip of the iceberg

Unrest over poor governance and management at FET colleges is growing.

As students such as these University of Johannesburg protesters demand free tuition

Student aid scheme clams up

Mystery surrounds the public funding agency’s reasons for suspending its chief executive.

Blade’s promises are educational

Blade’s promises are educational

The minister’s budget-vote speech traversed competing priorities.

Streamlined Setas for better skills

Streamlined Setas for better skills

Proposed changes to occupation-directed training suggest a multifaceted approach to improve its workplace relevance.

Motoring into the future

Motoring into the future

Business and industry have a more important role than ever to play in further education and training.

Unskilful handling of skills

Unskilful handling of skills

Does the leadership of the education department properly comprehend the work Setas do?

Nehawu’s demands

Nehawu members from FET colleges in Gauteng handed a memorandum of demands to the national department of higher education and training.

Nzimande: New strategy for skills shortage

An economy "constrained by a severe lack of skills" was behind the launch of the third National Skills Development Strategy, said Blade Nzimande.

Policy delay leaves colleges in lurch

Policy delay leaves colleges in lurch

The lack of a finalised plan to professionalise the FET sector is holding vocational educators back, writes <b>Joy Papier</b>.