Peter Mankge, Fitting and Turning Student Tshwane South College
The Business Trust's Colleges Collaboration Fund worked to transform the country's 152 technical colleges into 50 new Further Education and Training colleges, like the Centurion Tshwane South College attended by Peter Mankge and Maserumule Mokgome. The programme worked to improve governance, management and ties with industry. It raised the profile of the sector as a key component of the education and training system. The Colleges Collaboration Fund was a partnership between the Business Trust and the Department of Education.
Name
The Colleges Collaboration Fund
Strategic Partner
Department of Education
Period
1999 - 2004
Budget
R 82 million (BT Funding)
Purpose
The Business Trust's Colleges Collaboration Fund was established to support the transformation of the country's 152 technical colleges into world-class providers of further education and training. It converted 152 disparate colleges into 50 new further education and training institutions to create a more consolidated, efficient and responsive sector. It supported the Department of Education through research and analytical studies of sector dynamics, capacity building of senior and middle management, assistance to the FET colleges in strategic planning and the strengthening of their management systems.
Impact
Actual
Colleges restructured
152
Governors and managers trained
3,182
Enrolements increased from base of 250,000
406,000
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