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

The Deputy Minister was speaking all through an oversight visit for the post-school education and training (PSET) institutions during the Western Cape this week.

Gondwe described the TVET colleges as important for job creation and youth skills development within the region.

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

Gondwe's visits aimed at assessing the state of readiness of increased education institutions across the country, in advance of your 2025 academic year.

Through the visit at West Coast College, she encouraged learners to take satisfaction in buying artisan expertise as they provide great entrepreneurship possibilities.

"I am 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 considerations about student residences and also other amenities. The Deputy Minister directed the institution to operate with the Student Representative Council (SRC), to speedily get more info solve the identified 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 Goldfields TVET College and the Central University of get more info Technology (CUT), at the Welkom campus.

In the check here visits, the Deputy Minister has been accompanied by key senior officers from Higher Education and Training, and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

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

The difficulty of funding and administrative problems confronted with the NSFAS was while in the spotlight during the Free State leg in the visits.

"NSFAS needs to get its act together, in order to ensure that student allowances are paid on time with no delays. 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 Training sector held in January 2025, to establish the state of readiness for the 2025 academic check here 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