OVERVIEW National Department of Higher Education and Training while a recent project to provide additional student accommodation has been made possible by a R300-million loan from the Development Bank of Southern Africa. There are seven Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in Limpopo: Capricorn College, Lephalale College, Mopani East College, Mopani South College, Sekhukhune College, Vhembe College and Waterberg College. Capricorn College has three campuses, each with a different focus. The city campus in Polokwane offers business studies, engineering and National Curriculum Vocation (NCV) subjects. Seshego has an engineering focus while Senwabarwana is situated in a rural area and concentrates on teaching hospitality and hairdressing. At Lephalale TVET College students can study Business Studies, Hospitality, Engineering Studies, Nature Management and Computer Science. The college has a satellite campus at Modimolle. Murray & Roberts is training hundreds of artisans at the Tlhahlong training centre in partnership with the college and the merSETA. Waterberg College operates as five business training centres across two municipalities, namely Lepelle-Nkumbi and Mogalakwena.
Schools and skills The provincial government facilitated the training of 190 teachers through the Continuous Professional Teacher Development Programme in 2017/18. Training was also provided to 53 curriculum advisors in mathematics, science and technology (through the Continuous Professional Development Centre) and 1 141 teachers were trained in numeracy and mathematics teaching strategies. In 2017, libraries were constructed in Eldorado, Rooiberg and Ramokgopa with the following villages to receive the same in 2018, Phokwane, Maphalle, Zamani and Mahlabathini. The Limpopo office of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) has a staff of 35 which is rolling out programmes in two Limpopo districts, Vhembe and Waterberg. The two areas comprise 1 499 schools,
ONLINE RESOURCES Limpopo Department of Education: www.edu.limpopo.gov.za National Education Collaboration Trust: www.nect.org.za Turfloof Graduate School of Leadership: www.ul.ac.za University of Limpopo: www.ul.ac.za University of South Africa: www.unisa.ac.za University of Venda for Science and Technology: www.univen.ac.za
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19 058 teachers and 601 053 pupils. A number of schools have been selected as Fresh Start Schools (FSS) where NECT will test various methods and interventions. NECT is a registered trust with an impressive array of corporate funders, including First Rand Foundation, the Douglas Murray Trust, Nedbank, the Sishen Iron Ore Community Development Trust, the JSE and Old Mutual. The NCET wants 90% of South African school pupils to pass mathematics, science and languages with 50% by 2030. The board of trustees is chaired by former FirstRand CEO Sizwe Nxasana. There is a plan to establish a Manufacturing Support Centre to make sure that the right skills are being taught to support industry. Participants include the Limpopo Tooling Initiative Advisory Board, the Technology Information Agency and universities. The Medupi Power Station Joint Venture (Grinaker-LTA, Murray & Roberts and Concor) has a training facility where about 1 300 local people have been trained to qualify for jobs on this complex building site. De Beers has established a Skills Development Centre, linked to its Venetia Mine. The centre caters not only to mine employees, but also for local school pupils and adults from the community of Alldays. Impala Platinum, with Limpopo subsidiary Marula Platinum, has a partnership with the National Department of Mineral Resources and the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management, which focuses on the training of black women in the mining industry. LIMPOPO BUSINESS 2018/19