This man and Dr Aron are really working.Big ups no i wonder why some people are busy saying he must resign,do they hate service delivery so much.
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:19 AM, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > [image: Business Day] > > > *Accountants agree to help FET colleges with management * > ** ** > ** ** > *Bekezela Phakathi, Business Day, Johannesburg, 25 April 2012* > ** ** > Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said yesterday his > department had agreed with the South African Institute of Chartered > Accountants (Saica) that the institute would come to the assistance of > further education and training (FET) colleges.**** > ** ** > Under the agreement, Saica will provide accountants for two years to help > set up accounting and financial management systems in all FET colleges.*** > * > ** ** > In his budget vote speech in Parliament yesterday, Mr Nzimande said FET > colleges were weak in financial and human resource management.**** > ** ** > The government has been on a drive to boost the allure of FET colleges in > an attempt to ease the pressure on universities. This month, President > Jacob Zuma announced that R2,5bn would be allocated to refurbishing and > constructing FET college campuses over the next three years.**** > ** ** > Mr Nzimande told reporters before delivering his speech that the agreement > with Saica was a short-term intervention that could become long-term. He > said the department would ensure that every college had a qualified chief > financial officer, and ensure that colleges had qualified human resource > practitioners.**** > ** ** > He said the department was developing FET colleges to become "institutions > of choice for higher education and training".**** > ** ** > In his speech, Mr Nzimande said over the past two years enrolment at FET > colleges had increased "dramatically".**** > ** ** > "In 2011, we had projected a head-count enrolment of 359000 in all > programmes, but the actual head-count enrolment reached 437060, exceeding > our projections by 24%. This year, we are expecting a further increase to > 550000 enrolments," Mr Nzimande said. The increase could be ascribed to > several factors, including the bursary scheme amounting to 100% of fees for > those who qualify, and the career advice campaign launched with the South > African Qualifications Authority and the SABC.**** > ** ** > Mr Nzimande said over the three-year medium-term expenditure framework > period starting in 2012-13, R15bn had been set aside to ensure increasing > enrolment at FET colleges.**** > ** ** > He said the department would also focus on teacher training, because the > "basis of any good education system is the quality of its teachers".**** > ** ** > "We have ring-fenced R450m for the 2012-13 to 2013-14 funding cycle to > expand university infrastructure capacity for teacher education and this > will continue in the next funding cycle," Mr Nzimande said.**** > ** ** > There had been a significant growth in "full-time equivalent" enrolments > in initial teacher education programmes, from 35937 in 2009 to 41292 in > 2010, a 15% increase, he said.**** > ** ** > Almost R500m had been allocated to universities for teaching-development > grants to assist in improving graduate outputs, and R194m for foundation > programmes to improve the success rates of students from disadvantaged > educational backgrounds.**** > ** ** > Democratic Alliance education spokeswoman Annelie Lotriet said in order to > improve the quality of teaching, it was vital to improve teacher training. > **** > ** ** > "One of the ways this can be achieved is by focusing on the reopening of > teacher training colleges. The department has long promised this," she said. > **** > ** ** > [email protected]**** > ** ** > *From: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=170388* > * * > * * > * * > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail > to this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- Mr Mmamadimo Ephraim "Thabo Mathiba Cell No:0849782879 Fax No:0865462214 Other Email:[email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
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