The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training on Tuesday said it will undertake an oversight visit aimed at ending the backlogs in issuing of National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and diploma certificates for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges.
Committee Chairperson Connie September said the committee is, among other things, visiting the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as well as the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) in an attempt to ensure that the certification backlog is decisively dealt with.
“The committee is engaged in week-long oversight visit in Pretoria with the intention of meaningfully contributing to the fight against poverty, inequality and unemployment in the country. The key to this is being efficient in ensuring that young people do not experience further delays in acquiring their qualifications and in accessing economic opportunities,” said September.
She said radical economic transformation will be meaningful if those who have been equipped with skills are certified and given the opportunities they deserve in order to enter the job market.
The committee will kick-start the visit on Tuesday at the department and as well as at Sita.
“The intention is to get an insight into capacity related challenges in the administration and examination units at the DHET. But also the visit at Sita is aimed at getting an insight into the functionality and effectiveness of the systems geared to resolving certification challenges,” said the chairperson of the portfolio committee on higher education and training.
September said it was important that the higher education sector functions with little challenges as possible if the country is to deliver on its long-term policy positions.
– African News Agency (ANA)
