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DHET TVET Colleges

DHET TVET Colleges

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) have become essential institutions that connect academic learning and practical, industry-specific skills. These institutions are essential to providing students with the knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen fields, as well as to the economic growth of the country. In this essay, we examine several DHET TVET colleges and how they impact the labour force and economy of South Africa.

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) was established in 2009 when the former Department of Education was divided into two sections: Basic Education and Higher Education and Training.

DHET Mandate

The mandate of the new Department included aspects of skills development that had previously resided in the Department of Labour. The new Department was specifically established to focus on post-school education and training holistically and has extended its scope of operations extensively.

DHET Vision

Leading Post-School Education and Training for growth.

DHET Mission

To provide national strategic leadership in support of the Post-School Education and Training system for improved quality of life of South Africans.

DHET Values

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is committed to:

  • Integrity.
  • Accountability.
  • Committed.
  • Responsiveness.
  • Proactive behaviour.
  • Continuous learning.
  • Rationality.
  • Teamwork.
  • Emotional intelligence.

DHET Mandate

DHET Constitutional Mandate

Higher Education and Training derive their mandate from the supreme law of the Republic, the Constitution, within the purport of Section 29, read with Schedule 4, which lists education at all levels, including tertiary education as a functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence. 

Education’s Section 29 rights

Section 29 states:

1. Everyone has a right:

  • To a basic education, including adult basic education
  • Further education, which the state, through reasonable measures, must make progressively available and accessible.

2.  Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or language of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable.  To ensure effective access to and implementation of this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single-medium institutions, taking into account:

  • Equity
  • Practicability
  • The need to redress the results of past racially discriminatory laws and practices.

3.  Everyone has the right to establish and maintain, at their own expense, independent educational institutions that:

  • Do not discriminate based on race
  • Are registered with the state
  • Maintain standards that are not inferior to standards at comparable public educational institutions.

4. Subsection 3 does not preclude state subsidies for independent educational institutions.

DHET Legislative Mandate DHET TVET Colleges

The Higher Education Act provides for a unified and rationally planned system of higher education and for the statutory Council on Higher Education (CHE) (link www.che.org.za). The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS Act) provides for the granting of loans and bursaries to eligible students at universities as well as for the administration of such loans and bursaries. The Further Education and Training Act (AET Act) provides for the establishment of public and private adult learning centres.

The Further Education and Training Act (FET Act) provides for the governance and funding of FET Colleges and matters related to providing a FET college education. The Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006, (Act No 16 of 2006 (SET Act, 2006).

The National Qualification Framework Act (NQF Act) provides for the management of the NQF via level dispensations and related matters, as well as for qualifications and quality assurance of qualification required on the sub-frameworks of the NQF. The Skills Development Levies Act provides for the imposition of skills development levies and matters related thereto.

The Skills Development Act provides for the creation of a National Skills Agency, the establishment of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations, and regulation of apprenticeships and leadership and matters related to skills development.

PURPOSE

The branch in the Department that is responsible for dealing with TVET Colleges is known as the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) branch and consists of the following programs and sub-programs: Dhet Tvet colleges

TVET Chief Directorates

  • Programs and Qualifications
  • Systems Planning and Institutional Support
  • Examinations and Assessments
  • Financial Planning and Coordination

TVET Directorates

  • Programme and Curriculum Innovation
  • Student Development and Support
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Curriculum Development and Support
  • Institutional Funding
  • Public TVET Colleges
  • Private TVET Colleges
  • Resulting and Certification
  • Item Development and Marking
  • Exam Management and Monitoring
  • Lecturer Development

​Office of the Deputy Director General: TVET

The purpose of the branch is to plan, develop, monitor, maintain, and evaluate national policy, programs, assessment practices, and systems for vocational and continuing education and training, including technical and vocational education and training (TVET ) colleges and Community Education and Training Colleges.

General TVET Resources

  • Memorandum TE 02 OF 2021 – Urgent notification: Colleges may not register students for Non-Accredited Courses or Subjects
  • Calendar for the 2020 Academic Year
  • Revised closing date and further information on Call for Nominations of Council Members for TVET Colleges
  • Call for Public Comments on Funding Frameworks for CET and TVET Colleges
  • Proposed Funding Frameworks for CET and TVET Colleges by Ministerial Committee
  • Joint Communique 1 of 2016
  • Centres of Specialisation in the TVET College Sector
  • Call for Nominations for External Council Members at various TVET Colleges: (Council Nominee Form)
  • Annual monitoring report: Projected 2014 targets on student enrolment planning – Ministerial statement​​
  • Continuing Education and Training (CET) Act
  • TVET College Principals
  • DHET Regional Managers​

​​​Programs and Qualifications Chief Directorate

Programs and Qualifications develop and maintain high-quality vocational education and training programs, support the implementation of student support services, and provide leadership and support for the training and development of lecturers.

Systems Planning and Institutional Support Chief Directorate

Systems Planning and Institutional Support provide the framework, coordination, and support to TVET colleges for the efficient and effective management, governance, and delivery of vocational and occupational programs, and manage the TVET colleges’ subsidies and transfers. It also regulates the provision of education and training by private education institutions offering qualifications registered on the general and further education and training sub-framework.

Education Labour Relations and Conditions​​​

Student Development and Support Resources

  • Draft framework and guidelines to accommodate students with disabilities in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges
  • Report on the investigation of support services offered to students with disabilities in Technical and Vocational Education and Technical Colleges
  • National Academic Support Guidelines 2021
    DHET NSFAS 2020 TVET Bursary Rules and Guidelines
  • Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges’ 2020 Student Support Services Annual Plan
  • Policy Framework on Administration and Management of Student Admissions in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges
  • 2017 Bursary Rules and Guidelines
  • 2016 Bursary Rules and Guidelines
  • Public Further Education and Training College Attendance and Punctuality Policy​

In South Africa, DHET TVET colleges are essential institutions that offer hands-on, industry-relevant training, developing a workforce with the abilities required to succeed in a variety of areas. It is impossible to overestimate their contribution to closing the skills gap, encouraging entrepreneurship, and fueling economic growth.

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