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Chasing credentials and mobility: Private higher education in South Africa >

This books brings a different set of lenses to bear on what has become the subject of intense contestation, of 'media hype', in South Africa: the private provision of higher education. This books seeks to provide a way to move beyond any polarisation...

Developing a national skills forecasting tool for South Africa >

In 2003, the South African Department of Labour, supported by the European Union, commissioned research to investigate the feasibility of developing quantitative forecasting models to help identify future skills needs in South Africa. The aims of the...

Globalisation and education training in South Africa: On being GEAR(ed)! >

This paper takes as a point of departure that nations are able to respond to, and are responding to, the phenomenon in ways designed to extract maximum national benefit, albeit sometimes driven by a narrow-focussed short-termism. However, the capacit...

Knowledge-based aid: A four-agency comparative study >

Part of the response of many development cooperation agencies to the challenges of globalisation, ICTs and the knowledge economy is to emphasise the importance of knowledge for development. This paper looks at the discourses and practices of 'knowled...

Monitoring and evaluation of DANIDA Support to Education and Skills Development (SESD) Programme: Second formative impact study (synthesis report) >

This study established the baseline status of institutions that will be supported by the SESD programme, namely the National Department of Education's FET Directorate, provincial FET Directories and designated colleges in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Na...

Shifting understanding of skills in South Africa >

This book is an attempt to examine the multiple and shifting meanings that skill has taken on in South Africa. It does so with a view primarily to how skill is being played out in contemporary policies and practices within the country, but it affirms...

Who benefits from knowledge for development? >

This article questions the notion of 'knowledge for development' being seen as an answer to the challenges posed by globalisation, ICTs and the knowledge economy.

Conference report: Conference on the reform of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) >

This Conference report covers the Conference on the reform of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) held in Gaborone, Botswana on 4-6 August 2003.

Independent schooling: Assessing its size and shape >

This presentation at the Independent Schools Conference focuses on the subject of: 'Independent schooling: assessing its size and shape'.

Monitoring and evaluation of DANIDA Support to Education and Skills Development (SESD) Programme: Baseline study >

This study established the baseline status of institutions that will be supported by the SESD programme, namely the National Department of Education's FET Directorate, provincial FET Directories and designated colleges in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Na...

Monitoring and evaluation of DANIDA Support to Education and Skills Development (SESD) Programme: First fomative impact study-synthesis report >

This study established the baseline status of institutions that will be supported by the SESD programme, namely the National Department of Education's FET Directorate, provincial FET Directories and designated colleges in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Na...

Monitoring and evaluation of DANIDA Support to Education and Skills Development (SESD) Programme: First formative impact study (Synthesis report) >

This study established the baseline status of institutions that will be supported by the SESD programme, namely the National Department of Education's FET Directorate, provincial FET Directories and designated colleges in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Na...

South Africa National Skills Survey 2003 >

The aim of the NSS 2003 was to assess the overall impact of the National Skills Development Strategy and the impact of the levy-grant scheme on skills training in South Africa, in large, medium and small enterprises. In doing so the research was expe...

The need for strategic learnerships in finance, accounting, managment consulting and other financial services >

This study was commissioned by the SETA for Finance, Accounting, Management Consulting and other Financial Services (Fasset). The aims of the study were threefold: a) To conduct a demand analysis to establish the need for learnerships in the sector....

Understanding the size of the problem: The National Skills Development Strategy and Enterprise Training in South Africa >

This chapter will explore the extent to which the ambitious goals of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS), are being realised. It does so by examining the findings and trends of six research studies or surveys conducted between 1999-2002,...

Fasset sector profile 2002 >

In October 2002, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) completed in-depth research into the Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority's (Fasset's) sector in order to obtain an accurate and up-to-date profile of th...

INVESTIGATING THE INCREASE IN APPRENTICESHIP DEMAND IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR >

The main aim of this study is to investigate if there is an increase in the demand of apprenticeships and the reasons behind the increased demand for apprenticeships in the South African agricultural sector.

Skills development in the financial and accounting services sector >

This study was commissioned by the Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Fasset), with the main aim of providing the SETA with a detailed profile of the sector that it serves, a description of education and traini...

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Unit record vs aggregate data: Perspectives on postsecondary education data collection, retention, and release >

The Steering Committee of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) established a Unit Record Versus Aggregate Data Working Group in 1996 to identify and assess data sharing methods that are needed to advance our understanding of when,...

The devolment and promotion of a skills-oriented lifestyle programme for a group of apprentices in the mining industry >

This study was conducted within the context of the mining industry. The empirical investigation involved 80 apprentices and three lifestyle trainers based at the Goldfields Training Centre in Luipaardsvlei. The aim of the research was to: (i) assess...