The South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training System from a German Perspective

Funding text 1: founded and run by the African Union, Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training is supported by GIZ and funded by BMZ. Aim of the project is to successfully implement Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training as an innovative concept. In the framework of the project, the development of supply chains is supported as well. (BIBB, 2019 d); Funding text 2: On a higher level, the German and South African governments are cooperating in the creation of the South African Institute for Vocational and Continuing Education and Training (SAIVCET) in the framework of the Go-VET initiative. The focus of the institute is on research, innovation, and curriculum development (BIBB, 2019). The creation of the institute was necessary because there was limited support offered to colleges in regard to curriculum development, governance, administration and other matters (PMG, 2012). Furthermore, the SAIVCET was created to deal with lecturer development and research on the programme qualification mix of colleges. The SAIVCET shall also support the TVET colleges to deliver qualifications for which responsibilities are shared between different agencies of the system by putting mechanisms in place for a detailed syllabus development to meet the qualification requirements given by the different agencies. The institute is funded by the DHET and the National Skills Fund (NSF). Due to budgetary constraints, the institute has not been established as a standalone entity yet and is managed by the Department of Higher Education and Training. Until 2018, SAIVCET mainly worked on a lecturer development strategy (PMG 2017b; PMG 2018 b).