Research-led consultancy Krutham has launched a R300-million Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund to help address youth unemployment in South Africa. The programme provides an opportunity for skills development providers to deliver sustainable employment solutions for the nation’s youth, particularly those who have historically faced obstacles in securing employment. Unlike traditional approaches to job creation, which tend to focus on inputs and […]

The National Skills Fund (NSF) is diligently working in support of the Department of Higher Education and Training’s goal to produce more artisans and skill unemployed youth.  A visit by the NSF to Mthentana Training in Pinetown in September 2023 provided a first-hand opportunity to witness the positive impact of the NSF Artisan Skills Development

The National Skills Fund (NSF) has partnered with occupational skills programmes provider Durnacol on its Artisan Development Programme by providing critical funding of R19 million for college’s skills hub. The Durnacol Skills Hub is a fully-fledged, private training technical and vocational institution close to Newcastle in northern KwaZulu-Natal, which offers apprenticeship training for fitters, electricians,

The Esayidi Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in Port Shepstone welcomed the National Skills Fund (NSF) officials who documented the inroads made by the NSF-funded programmes in KwaZulu-Natal. The NSF has funded the Esayidi TVET College’s work-based learning programmes, including apprenticeships, learnerships, work-integrated learning and skills programmes, with R51 million for 44 months

The National Skills Fund (NSF) is fulfilling a crucial role in advancing technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges to becoming the first choice for post-school education and learning.  The NSF approved R50 million into KwaZulu-Natal’s Mnambithi TVET college, which has a main campus in Ladysmith and satellites centres in Newcastle and Ladysmith. The

The Richards Bay Technical Training Assessment Centre (RBTTAC) offers a range of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes such as fitting and turning, boilermaking, electrical studies and millwright training. The first student intake of its earlier contract with the National Skills Fund (NSF) was 120 students. RBTTAC was approved R45 million by the

The landscape of post-school education continues to evolve across the globe as nations unite for one goal: to partner and share best practices in education and research. A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) science report states that one in four scientific articles produced around the world was co-signed by a foreign collaborator

Students are like trees; they need to be watered and nurtured to grow and have equal opportunities, says Didimalo Sereo following his participation at the World Skills Competition 2022 Special Edition (WSC2022SE) in Goyang, Korea, in October 2022.  The 23-year-old, fondly known as Gift, competed in the Information Technology (IT) Network Systems Administration category against

The success of the Centre of Specialisation programme is not in dispute, with all 350 artisan apprentices from 21 TVET colleges being awarded their trade test certificates. The 100% pass rate for the group was celebrated in November 2022 with the attendance of Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande, who was joined

The Coastal TVET College’s tool and die jig project is another National Skills Fund-funded initiative training future artisans in the tool development industry over five years. These learners are trained in developing raw materials into fine products using different types of machines, such as lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, and jig grinders, in the workshop.