5th February 2025
Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has inspired learners to consider the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to be a worthwhile and viable different for advancing their careers.

The Deputy Minister was speaking during an oversight visit to your post-school education and coaching (PSET) establishments in the Western Cape this 7 days.

Gondwe described the TVET colleges as critical for job creation and youth skills development inside the state.

The Deputy Minister frequented the West Coast College Vredenburg Campus, and also the Cape Peninsula {University of Technological innovation (CPUT) Bellville Campus in Cape Town.

Gondwe's visits geared toward assessing the state of readiness of larger education institutions across the country, forward of your 2025 academic year.

Over the visit at West Coast College, she inspired learners to just take satisfaction in acquiring artisan expertise as they supply terrific entrepreneurship opportunities.

"I'm very encouraged by what I'm seeing at TVET colleges, I believe they are the future of this country. TVETs are producing artisans with much needed skills [and] also offer opportunities for learners to acquire future skills, such as robotics, AI [Artificial intelligence], and coding," Gondwe said.

At the second part of the visit, students at CPUT expressed fears about student residences and various services. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to operate with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily solve the discovered concerns.

The Deputy Minister’s visit to the Western Cape, follows her recent visit to higher education institutions in the Free State where she visited more info Goldfields TVET College read more and the Central University of Technology (CUT), at the Welkom campus.

Throughout the visits, the Deputy Minister has actually been accompanied by important senior officers from Higher Education and Training, and the National Student coastal tvet college Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

The Deputy Minister’s dedicated Help Desk has also formed part of the delegation, assisting with all higher education related queries on each visit.

The difficulty of funding and administrative difficulties confronted via the NSFAS was from the spotlight throughout the Free State leg from the visits.

"NSFAS needs to get its act together, in order to ensure that student allowances are paid on time with no delays. click here Delays cause serious challenges for learners; learners need allowances to eat and to buy hygiene products. This is important for their sense of wellbeing and dignity," Gondwe said.

Gondwe embarked on the state of readiness visits following a plan of action, announced by Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane at the special meeting of the Post Education and motheo tvet college Training sector held in January 2025, to establish the state of readiness for the 2025 academic year.

The Deputy Minister's oversight is expected to continue in other provinces, with North West higher education institutions being the next on the list.
– SAnews.gov.za