Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

Technical an
The recent State of the Nation Address had some rather significant sentences
on the educational landscape after matric.
Let us see what the President said:
“We are making progress with the introduction of the threestream
curriculum model, heralding a fundamental shift in
focus towards more vocational and technical education”
Here is a clue: we need to upskill youth to get a job! Learning
a trade is not ‘on-the-job’ anymore. A real education
and certificate is needed.
“Various technical vocational specialisations have already
been introduced in 550 schools and 67 schools are now
piloting the occupational stream”.
The schools are changing. The curriculum will be designed for students
to be able to go into a technical education and get a job and that means
we can start to address youth unemployment.
“We are building nine new TVET college campuses this year, in Sterkspruit,
Aliwal North, Graaff Reinet and Ngungqushe in the Eastern Cape,
and in Umzimkhulu, Greytown, Msinga, Nongoma and Kwagqikazi in
KwaZulu-Natal.”.
Is it all about TVETs? There is more: