FET Bill for public and private colleges 6 September 2006

1. FET Bill for public and private colleges 6 September 2006

2. Goal of FET Colleges • Increase number of learners on programmes that lead to employment / higher education / priority skills programmes

3. Current provision

5. FET Colleges • Huge increase in enrolment over the last five years • Race and gender profile of learners has changed • Need to accelerate enrolment and improve quality of programmes offered

6. Steps taken to transform FET Colleges • Develop new programmes • Re-capitalisation aims to spend R1,9 billion on infrastructure, equipment, lecturers and administrative systems to deliver new programmes • New funding formula and support for students • Staff training • Governance, management and staffing • Registration of private colleges

7. Re- Re-capitalisation of FET Colleges • Phase out outdated N 1 – 6 programmes over 2007 - 2009 and introduce new programmes that meet the needs of the economy • Accelerate access to these programmes through provision of modern infrastructure, IT, equipment and new funding formula

8. Determining Priority Skills Programmes for SA Step 1 • Determine what employers want, that is, relevant skills / vocational programmes: high and intermediary level skills including artisans Step 2 • Determine sectors for programmes according to ASGI-SA: 13 sectors Step 3 • Determine modalities for offering programmes: full-time; part-time; flexible

9. Step 1: What do employers want • Good communication skills and problem solving skills and information technology skills: translates into reading, writing, calculating and IT = fundamentals • Background or conceptual knowledge and applied knowledge: theory, practicals and workplace experience

10. Step 2: Which sectors require skills 11 sectors chosen according to priority skills needs and needs of ASGI-SA • Three engineering including building and civil • Four business (finance, office administration, management, marketing) • IT • Agriculture • Tourism and Hospitality Studies

11. Design of new vocational programmes • National Certificate consisting of seven subjects • Three compulsory subjects: language, mathematics or mathematical literacy and Life Skills (IT) • Four vocational subjects: each with theory and practical component

12. National Certificate (Manufacturing and Assembly)

13. Step 3: Modalities for delivery of skills • One year full-time programmes for out-of-school youth • Part-time study for employed for fundamentals and / or vocational • Time-tabling and funding are challenges but not insurmountable

14. Pathways to employment

15. FET Bill Provides for • Establishment, governance, funding of public FET Colleges • Employment of staff • Registration of private FET colleges • Promotion of quality assurance • Transitional arrangements

16. Conclusion • FET Bill aims to provide the legislative support for rapid skills development • It protects learners and lecturers in the provision of high quality programmes