Continuous skills development is crucial to enable the youth to adapt to changing job markets and technological advancements
The importance of youth economic inclusion, and unpackaging key solutions to drive it
The Graduate Institute of Financial Science is fighting back against shoddy service delivery
If the populace is not properly trained, the country will forever lag behind the rest of the world
OUTA has raised concerns that the Services SETA is siphoning off funds for learners into corrupt contracts
The NMU has launched a meticulously researched diploma that addresses the many critical issues of technical training
It’s alleged that large sums of money were allocated to firms without following due process
Mkhwebane says that it is financial constraints that made her turn to the SSA when the previous CFO resigned
The minister of trade and industry has called on SOEs to play a more robust role in implementing B-BBEE
The online system can assist with the placement of students, who did not apply to any university because of funding, but who now qualify.
The sector training and education bodies and companies together cause the system to flounder.
Setas are meant to reverse the country’s skill’s crisis but they are not fulfilling their mandate.
A board member is accused of exploiting insider knowledge to land a R26m contract.
What has become of this policy, which aims to offer a second chance at education success?
A closer working relationship must be established between education authorities and employers.
Proposed changes to occupation-directed training suggest a multifaceted approach to improve its workplace relevance.
Formal, official structures have made only a mixed success of basic education and training.
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/ 10 February 2012
Until South Africa gets this crucial aspect right, it cannot compete successfully in the global arena.
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/ 20 December 2011
Are FET colleges and Setas up to the roles the national development plan asks of them, asks <b>Charlotte Mbali</b>.
Tackling corruption, accountability and accessibility would improve the public’s "generally negative" perception of Setas.
SA’s focus on the matric exam results obscures the fact that pupils in earlier grades lack fundamental skills.
Does the leadership of the education department properly comprehend the work Setas do?
The debate on Blade Nzimande’s actions against the Services Seta has diverted attention from a more important strategic issue.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is locked in a battle with the board of the services Seta over control of the institution.
Sexist and racial prejudices inform court’s judgment
and news reports.
Blade Nzimande has serial legal battles to fight if he is to secure his recent radical overhaul of the skills sector.
Blade Nzimande faces both external and internal rebellion against his moves this week to redraw the skills-development landscape.
Cross-sectoral training and a single standard of competence envisaged, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
Skills-training providers will now have to raise their game steeply, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
But FET colleges remain the most vulnerable sector in the skills development landscape, writes <b>Fiona Cameron-Brown</b>.
Setas welcome a skills development strategy that they say will, at last, work, writes <b>Jim Freeman</b>.
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/ 13 January 2011
An economy "constrained by a severe lack of skills" was behind the launch of the third National Skills Development Strategy, said Blade Nzimande.