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WORLDSKILLS SOUTH AFRICA DOMINATES AT THE WORLDSKILLS AFRICA COMPETITION
Team South Africa scoops eight medals out of the sixteen (16) categories contested at the WorldSkills (South) Africa Competition in Swakopmund, Namibia. The results were announced at the closing ceremony on the night of 02 April 2022, following a week-long and...
TVET colleges: here’s what you need to know
So what are TVET colleges? Usually conversations around higher education in South Africa are centered on universities. But technical vocational education and training (TVET) colleges are also an important component of our tertiary education landscape. Here’s a crash...
Covid leaves trail of devastation at TVET colleges
A total of 23 staff members from SA’s 50 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, and four from community education colleges, died of Covid-related complications between December 15 and January 11. Up to November 13 last year, 48 staff members...
Steven Jacobs – Top 5 in Ontwerp Kompetisie
In Julie 2020 het die 25 jarige Steven Jacobs van Calvinia besluit om deel te neem aan die Nasionale T-hemp Ontwerp kompetisie, geloods deur Digititan – ’n tegnologiese ontwikkelende organisasie, wat poog om die belangrikheid van die digitale wereld onder die aandag...
IMPLEMENTATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION CONGRATULATES HIGHER HEALTH ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE AND THE LAUNCH OF A 24/7 HELPLINE The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, congratulates HIGHER...
Nzimande urges students to be patient for laptops
It may take another month or two for students at Tvet colleges across the country to receive laptops that will help them with online learning under level three of the lockdown. This was revealed by Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande on Thursday during his...
NSFAS to deposit funds into TVET students accounts to reduce fraud
IN an effort to save money, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will from next year start depositing funds straight into students’ bank accounts. NSFAS, which is under administration, said yesterday that it’s working on new ways to eliminate...