Report of the Ministerial Committee to develop a Funding Framework for Community Education and Training (CET) as well as Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges

The Department of Higher Education and Training published the Report of the Ministerial Committee to develop a Funding Framework for Community Education and Training (CET) as well as Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges for comment. "As cited in this report, the role of technical and vocational education and training is particularly crucial to the development of the country's manufacturing sector which at this point is seriously underdeveloped, given the country's level of development. The Community Education and Training Colleges will provide access to many marginalised South Africans who need skills to improve their quality of life. These Colleges will play a crucial role in addressing the approximately current three million NEETs which are the youth between the ages of 18 to 24 who are not in employment, education or training.

The poor outputs from these Colleges have been attributed to inadequate resourcing, a dire need for capacity development, lack of appropriate learning support materials, absence of appropriate student support services, inappropriate programmes and poor coordination of efforts. It is imperative that the Government's efforts will have to be supplemented with investments from local government as well as the private sector, the NSF and the SETAs."