30-03-2014, 09:02 PM
Progress is being made in dealing with the shortage of artisans in the country, says the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) of South Africa.
The HRDC held its 9th Human Resource Development Provincial Coordination Forum meeting in the North West on Friday.
The forum was established to create a link and to encourage alignment between provincial human resource development activities.
It also affords provincial representatives an opportunity to report on the progress made in the production of professionals, including artisans and the alignment of the provincial resource development strategy to the New Growth Path.
The North West Provincial Government reported that 141 artisans were certified by the end of 2013, while the Northern Cape reported that over and above training and development two training centres of excellence have been completed while two other green skills centres are under construction for artisan development.
This is an addition to the newly established university in the province. The two newly launched universities in Northern Cape and Mpumalanga have started with their programmes with the first intake earlier this year.
Gauteng reported 100 vocational development programme graduates identified for the automotive artisanal programmes with 90 placed in electrical engineering learnerships, among others.
"Accumulatively, these numbers show a positive trajectory in dealing with the shortage of artisans in the country and ultimately building the human resource development base required to ensure a prosperous and inclusive South African society and economy,†head of the HRDC Secretariat Brenda Ntombela said.
Following the successful Year of the Artisan in 2013, the Department of Higher Education and Training is embarking on a 10-year campaign called 2014 - 2024 Decade of the Artisan under the theme "It's cool to be a 21st Century Artisanâ€.
The HRDC is a national multi-tiered stakeholder advisory body established in 2010 under the leadership of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and under the management of the Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande to build the human resource development base required to ensure a prosperous and inclusive South African society and economy. –SAnews.gov.za
The HRDC held its 9th Human Resource Development Provincial Coordination Forum meeting in the North West on Friday.
The forum was established to create a link and to encourage alignment between provincial human resource development activities.
It also affords provincial representatives an opportunity to report on the progress made in the production of professionals, including artisans and the alignment of the provincial resource development strategy to the New Growth Path.
The North West Provincial Government reported that 141 artisans were certified by the end of 2013, while the Northern Cape reported that over and above training and development two training centres of excellence have been completed while two other green skills centres are under construction for artisan development.
This is an addition to the newly established university in the province. The two newly launched universities in Northern Cape and Mpumalanga have started with their programmes with the first intake earlier this year.
Gauteng reported 100 vocational development programme graduates identified for the automotive artisanal programmes with 90 placed in electrical engineering learnerships, among others.
"Accumulatively, these numbers show a positive trajectory in dealing with the shortage of artisans in the country and ultimately building the human resource development base required to ensure a prosperous and inclusive South African society and economy,†head of the HRDC Secretariat Brenda Ntombela said.
Following the successful Year of the Artisan in 2013, the Department of Higher Education and Training is embarking on a 10-year campaign called 2014 - 2024 Decade of the Artisan under the theme "It's cool to be a 21st Century Artisanâ€.
The HRDC is a national multi-tiered stakeholder advisory body established in 2010 under the leadership of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and under the management of the Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande to build the human resource development base required to ensure a prosperous and inclusive South African society and economy. –SAnews.gov.za