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2015 Technical and Voacational Education and Training
(National Treasury, South Africa, 2015) Pienaar, Dawid-Willem; Venter, Fouche; Govender, Megan; Jitsing, Amanda
The National Treasury has commissioned a set of Performance and Expenditure Reviews (PERs) across 30 to 40 government policy initiatives. The aim of these reviews is to provide insights into the trends, composition and drivers of government expenditure across key programmes. These reviews provide useful insights into the cost of government services and can be an important tool for decision makers in pursuing efficiency gains and value for money. This PER focuses on the public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college sector. TVET colleges (previously referred to as Further Education and Training colleges) aim to provide educational opportunities to those who either do not qualify for tertiary education or require vocational training with direct application to the workplace. The National Development Plan (NDP) states that the sector has a critical role to play in the development of practical, employable skills and, hence, the reduction of youth unemployment and skills shortages in the country. This is reflected in the plan to increase enrolments in public TVET colleges from approximately 639,618 in 20131 to 2.5 million in 2030 and thereby have it be larger, by enrolments, than the university sector; as is also reflected in the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training.