At the TVET Colleges Strategic Industry Partnerships Summit on July 27–28, False Bay TVET College received second place at the gala awards banquet in recognition of its excellence in student placements.
All of the National TVET Colleges, CET Colleges, SETAs, and important industry members attended the two-day summit organized by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in order to build and strengthen relationships and partnerships for student workplace experiences.
“Forging collaborations with industry will move us closer to building paths for youth to access skills training programmes, work-based training, and pursue self-employment without any barriers,” stated Dr. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, in a recent tweet.
False Bay TVET College’s Work Integrated Learning and Linkages and Partnership Departments play a key role in enabling students to access the workplace for experiential training and the award recognized their outstanding success in student placement, despite the economic downturn.
In his gala dinner address, Minister Nzimande said: “Industry and workplace are crucial as there is no artisan that can be produced only through theory without practical work experience…For the prosperity of individual citizens, as well as the economy at large, the industry must be involved in every aspect of life at a TVET college…There are huge advantages to employers when they open their workplace to TVET college students for experiential training…Having TVET college graduates with relevant skills and experience will translate into a larger pool of talent that employers can choose from. As mentioned earlier, the issue of high unemployment cannot be solely the government’s responsibility…I call upon businesses more than ever to join hands with us to tackle youth unemployment and skills development.”
False Bay TVET College Principal, Mrs Karin Hendricks, said: “We train for employment! This is one of the College’s key strategic objectives. Very few people realise the tremendous amount of work that goes into partnership development and how hard this team has worked to achieve very high placement targets, in an environment where so many businesses have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. This is a wonderful achievement that we can all celebrate as a college community.”
False Bay TVET College extends its sincerest gratitude to the Seta’s and companies who have come on board as host employers, making this prestigious accolade possible.
The winners in the three award categories were:
Category A: Best-Performing Host Employers
- Position 1: Clicks
- Position 2: TFG
- Position 3: Vodacom
Category B: Best-Performing TVET Colleges
Position 1: South Cape TVET College
Position 2: False Bay TVET College
Position 3: Sekhukhune TVET College
Category C: College with the highest number of local and international partnerships
- Position 1: Sedibeng TVET College
- Position 2: Nkangala TVET College
- Position 3: King Hintsa TVET College
Image Caption: From left – False Bay TVET College Management: Ms. Monica Lekay, Ms. Karin Hendricks, and Ms. Christiana Nel
