Blade's budget blues: Universities to bear the brunt
Parliament's discussion about the financing of SA's universities and skills development sector begs the question: What is at stake? The answer: A lot.
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FET colleges will raise their game
Blade Nzimande is correct to highlight the sector as crucial for the country's development agenda.
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Business training: three blind mice lead the mischief
Until South Africa gets this crucial aspect right, it cannot compete successfully in the global arena.
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Championing education as we did the World Cup
If we were able to rise to the occasion of football's greatest spectacle, surely we should be able to focus the same energy in improving education.
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Why students fret at the thought of FET
Improved curricula and better-qualified lecturers are needed to ramp up standards and perceptions of FET colleges.
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Blade's paper fails to make the cut
Education minister's proposals will achieve nothing in our neoliberal environment.
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FET colleges cast the net wider
Prospective students need to know how and why FET colleges increase their chances of employment and self-sustainability.
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Blade's green paper cuts to the education core
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's new policy document offers an unflinchingly thorough analysis of SA's training needs, but is it enough?
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Mixed reaction to minister's proposals to improve training
Experts question the proposal of a new application system for universities and the touting of FET colleges as a viable alternative to universities.
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It's time to put some fat on FET
FET colleges need vast improvements if they are going to compete with universities, experts say.
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