THE FET COLLEGES ACT, 2006 IN THE CON

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• Collectively, the data suggests that there is
  room for increasing enrolment in the FET College
  system and that the primary focus of FET colleges
  should be the following target groups
• Unemployed Matriculants
• Unemployed young people with Grades 11 and 10
• Adults seeking to acquire specialist skills for
  meaningful economic participation.

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YEAR NATIONAL ENROLMENT
2007 25 000
2008 60 000
2009 120 000
2010 177 000
2011 256 000
2012 371 000
2013 538 000
2014 800 000
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• Student enrolment projections reflect
• the Recapitalisation Grant investment per
  province and per college
• enrolment growth of between 43 and 46 is
  maintained
• throughput rate is improved to between 60 and
  80
• provinces make funding available to support
  student enrolment growth
• the infrastructure is used efficiently
• provinces continue to recapitalise colleges for
  infrastructure expansion.

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• A modern and vibrant nationally co-ordinated
  FET college system that builds the foundation for
  further learning and is responsive to the needs
  of the 21st century.

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• has its own specific identity and legislative
  sphere of operation.
• is responsive to the needs of society and the
  demands of the economic sectors.
• Consist of specialised niche or comprehensive
  institutions of excellence.
• Is accessible to economically active youth and
  adults outside of the school system, who wish to
  improve their skills, gain access to better jobs
  or to progress to higher education.
• provides and progressively expand access and
  progression through relevant and diverse open
  learning, high quality programmes at multiple
  sites of learning supported by appropriate
  infrastructure, equipment and ICT platforms.
• has extensive relevant partnerships and support
  from commerce and industry for the benefit of the
  students.
• is driven by programme based funding.

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• To achieve this vision the Department commits
  itself to
• Providing the framework for co-ordinating and
  supporting the provision of high quality
  vocational programmes.
• Intensifying programmes aimed at increasing youth
  access to FET Colleges and to improve retention
  and throughput rates
• Ensuring quality provision of vocational
  qualifications by private FET colleges.
• Developing and maintaining policies, systems and
  procedures to support efficient management and
  governance of FET colleges
• Develop and maintain qualifications, programmes
  and curriculum policies to ensure quality
  teaching and learning in FET colleges
• Co-ordinating lecturer training and development
  to ensure quality provision of vocational
  programmes

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CDPs
AET
HE
NC(V)
PPP
ECD
Occupational Qualifications
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• The following policy goals derived from White
  Paper 4 provide a conceptual frame for the
  achievement of the vision and mission stated
  above
• Creating a nationally coordinated system with a
  unique identity
• Broadening youth access, participation and
  improving achievement
• Entrenching quality and excellence
• Encouraging diversity
• Promoting institutional autonomy, responsiveness
  and relevance
• Monitoring systemic and institutional performance
  and fostering public accountability

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• Central co-ordination
• Planning
• Choice of programme offerings (College Programme
  Mix)
• Student enrolment planning
• Funding
• Development of new programmes
• Governance and management
• Reshaping the institutional landscape
• Capacity and infrastructural development
• National assessment system
• Quality assurance
• Regulating private provision of FET qualifications

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• Defining the FET college sector identity
• Students
• Lecturers
• Management
• Governance
• Establishing a central coordinating structure
• Prioritising and targeting programmes and
  students
• Reshaping the FET College institutional
  landscape

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• Capacity and infrastructural development
• Student enrolment planning
• Funding as a driver of access and quality
• Student support services
• Public FET Colleges bursary scheme
• Student recruitment and selection strategy
• Expansion and use of ICT
• Interface between FE HE

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• Qualification, programme and curriculum
  development
• Centralised assessment, examinations and quality
  assurance systems
• Lecturer training, development and support
• Regulating provision of VET qualifications by
  private institutions

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• Supporting institutional autonomy
• Through research and engagement with industry,
  continue to ensure the relevance and
  responsivenessof NC(V) programmes
• Support the use of colleges for the offering of
  occupational learning programmes
• Encourage the development of quality partnerships
  with
• Industry and commerce
• Local communities (e.g.Formal AET programmes,
  Literacy, and ECD programmes
• State bodies (eg. SETAs)
• Development, provision and evaluation of the SMME
  programmes
• Provision and evaluation formal AET programme
• Provision and evaluation of short skills courses
  

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• Provision model
• Diversification institutional and campus types
• Diversification programme offerings
• Diversification modes of provision
• Public and private colleges

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• October 2006, Minister of Finance announced the
  allocation of college bursaries.
• Rationale provision of access to financially
  needy yet academically capable students into FET
  Colleges.
• R600 million allocated over three years
• 2007 R100 million (12 388 students benefitted)
• 2008 R200 million (37 790 students benefitted)
• 2009 R300 million (21 253 students benefitted
  until 30 July 2009, more expected to benefit by
  end Sept 09)
• NSFAS Administration Management

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• Only South African Citizens are eligible for
  applying for the bursaries.
• Only students enrolled or wishing to enrol on
  NC(V) programmes are eligible to apply.
• Bursary allocations for Colleges are based on
  NC(V) enrolments, approved programmes available
  funding.
• Student bursary award is based on the
  administration of the Means Test tool as a
  guide.

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• Colleges make the final determination on which
  students are awarded bursaries.
• Student bursary awards based on financial need
  and academic performance.
• Students who are repeating an NC(V) Level are not
  eligible for a bursary.
• NSFAS processes pays out bursary funds to
  colleges.

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• What the bursary may cover
• College fees
• Textbooks
• Academic levies
• Accommodation
• Travel

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• Department of Education
• Allocation of bursary funds to colleges.
• Monitoring and support of the administration and
  management of the bursary scheme.
• Training of colleges on the administration and
  management of the bursary scheme.
• Provincial Departments of Education
• Monitor and support colleges in the
  administration management of the bursary
  scheme.
• Training workshops on the bursary scheme.

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• Colleges
• Student Support Services Officer/Manager -
  responsible.
• Bursary Committee Approval processes.
• Marketing the DoE FET Colleges Bursary Scheme to
  students.
• Administering student applications.
• Awarding/rejecting student applications.
• Submission of SoPs to NSFAS.
• Advising students (in writing) of the outcome of
  their applications.
• Submission of annual NSFAS online reports.

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• Thank you