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Stanley Ncobela
Stanley Ncobela is an academic and lecturer. He is a regular contributor of opinion pieces on various social, academic and economic issues in the mainstream media and deeply committed to transformation of post-school education and training.
Vocational education in the doldrums
The TVET colleges’ appalling results on vocational studies could jeopardise the three-stream model’s objectives
Links between colleges, industry vital
Weak partnerships with industry and poor curriculum choices are among the factors driving unemployment among graduates
Colleges need a professional council
The failure to establish a regulatory body is not in line with policy, limiting funding and seriously inhibiting potential benefits
TVET colleges need complete overhaul to quell slow growth trajectory
More needs to be done to raise the profile of technical and vocational education and training colleges and increase enrolments in the country