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/ 23 October 2003
There are 25 sector education and training authorities (Seta) in South Africa and each is classified according to economic sectors. The functions and responsibilities of Setas are set out in Chapter 3, Section 10 of the Skills Development Act, 1998. Also, find your complete directory of contacts here.
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/ 23 October 2003
The Services sector education and training authority (Seta) has disbursed more than R180-million in grants to its members, according to its CEO, Ivor Blumenthal.
The Services Seta comprises 29 industries with 65 000 member companies and about two million employees. Many of these are in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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/ 23 October 2003
Sector education and training authorities (Setas) will now be required to enter into service level agreements with the Department of Labour to ensure that they perform optimally. This is one of the changes that will be brought about by the Skills Development Amendment Bill.
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/ 23 October 2003
Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana will be expected to chart the way forward for the skills sector at the third annual National Skills Conference in Midrand this month, while ensuring that the promises and goals made by the government remain on track.
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/ 23 October 2003
Despite the spate of management crises facing some of the sector education and training authorities (Setas), South Africa is winning the battle to address skills shortages in the country.
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/ 23 October 2003
In recent years the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) has had the opportunity to engage with a very interesting example of learner support infrastructure for a distance education programme in one of the rural areas of South Africa. Ian Moll considers the distance education lessons that a unique rural project offers.
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/ 23 October 2003
If you’re brave enough to combine work and study, the Wits Plus centre for part-time studies offers a fresh on-campus experience.
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/ 23 October 2003
Is the country’s long-term educational and economic future about to be sacrificed for the short-term political interests of one bristling moustache? In a hectic week Minister of Education Kader Asmal announced the new names of tertiary institutions due to merge in January next year (and of more to merge a year after that).
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/ 23 October 2003
The high levels of graduate unemployment provoke a key question: What have higher education institutions done to involve students in quality assurance structures concerning their own studies? Revisiting the past may help to shed some light.
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/ 23 October 2003
The complexities of the new school curriculum are placing increasing demands on teachers and many are apprehensive about their changing roles as educators. The advanced certificate in education offered by Wits University’s School of Education has been developed to provide the training requirements for teachers working in this challenging environment.