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After a year of trials and tribulations, Damelin is back on track, achieving full registration status.
Four colleges owned by Educor Holdings; Damelin, City Varsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum College have been re-registered.
While Gwarube has been hailed a “rising star” in political circles, Nkabane has been largely anonymous as deputy minister of mineral resources and energy.
A viral video of social media influencer Xoli Gcabashe, also known as 'miss xo,' advising women of all ages to strive for financial independence, rather than relying on sugar daddies for a lavish lifestyle, has sparked debate on social media.
The company will offer a variety of learning and development solutions.
Education expert Hendrick Makaneta says that more focus should be on ways to address the ‘skewed’ basic education levels so that children from poor communities and schools can stand an equal chance against their peers from more affluent schools.
First-year students often find the transition from high school to university both exciting and challenging.
Cabinet is also engaging with the input from the Ministerial Task Team on student funding to find a sustainable solution to the increasing demand to provide funding for fee-free higher education to the missing middle and postgraduate students.
The minister said the illegal colleges offer compromised qualifications which not are recognised for employment purposes or for further studying.
The beneficiaries of these bursaries will receive all expenses paid towards their tuition including, housing, textbooks, laptops, and pocket money.
Registrations for the Campus Cup Challenge close on Monday, September 5.
Corruption Watch has received ‘disturbing’ reports of alleged corruption across basic and higher education institutions throughout the country for over 10 years.
Earlier this month Nzimande announced his decision to end the contract of the administrator, Ndoda Biyela following pressure from the staff and the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union.
However, the PSA said it was disappointed by the minister’s failure to disclose the conditions of Ndoda Biyela’s contract termination or ‘handshake payment’.
Dr Blade Nzimande noted that there were several concerns that were raised by stakeholders on the state of functionality of the college which led to the college advertising permanent senior management positions.
Institutions of higher education, specifically universities, need to focus on teaching and learning, research and community engagement.
It was reported that the two Ikhala TVET College staff members and three interns were driving a college vehicle from the central office to conduct some work at the Aliwal North campus when they collided with a truck.
Minister Blade Nzimande said the primary aim of these placements was to assist the transition of young people from learning to working.
After many changes and Covid-19 challenges the QCTO have confirmed that the first cohort of apprentices, met the External Integrated Summative Assessment requirements.
Students now have access to an unlimited number of courses from a library of 10,000 digital products, including eTextbooks, online learning platforms and study tools covering 675 courses.
UKZN has officially launched a new research clinic through its HIV Pathogenesis Programme which will enhance and further studies into HIV.
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