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Technical and Vocational Education and Training courses are vocational or occupational by nature meaning that the student receives education and training with a view towards a specific range of jobs, employment or entrepreneurial possibilities. Under certain conditions, some students may qualify for admission to a University of Technology to continue their studies at a higher level in the same field of study as they were studying at the TVET College. This means university students from these families will be paying the same fee they paid in 2015 and All students who come from richer families must pay their full fees. Minister calls for dialogue, stresses progress and focus in TVET sector. Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande today calls on formations representing students at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to engage in discussion with his Department and College administrations and to strengthen and renew efforts to resolve their legitimate issues. In some places, the Department was still in the process of ensuring that the right procedures are used when processing students, and some institutions need further help to get on track, for example in ensuring that students who qualify also receive their certificates quickly. The DHET had demonstrated its very significant commitment to growing and improving the sector, among others through substantial infrastructure investment, the Minister said. Another 65 026 places will also be available across 19 programmes for the National Certificate (Vocational), which provides theory and practical experience in a range of vocational fields. providing connectivity to campuses across the country through the South African National Research Network. They focus on specific skills areas for our economy. These skills areas are in particular in the engineering sciences; animal and human health sciences; natural and physical sciences; and teacher education. The mandate of the Department of Higher Education and Training is to develop a skilled and capable workforce that can contribute to an inclusive growth path. This is a pathway leading to intermediate and high-level skills. Let me also say, that while education is a key priority of government, we want to make technical and vocational education and training an apex focus of post-school education and training. We aim to produce employable young people with high quality occupational and vocational education and training skills. These will enable them to access artisan training in the various fields of Engineering and Services. It is critical to note that in order to be accepted into an artisan-training programme, learners must have passed Mathematics with a minimum mark of 50% and have achieved a pass in Science. In 2017, we will continue to work with whoever we can to ensure as many opportunities for as many young people as possible throughout the economy. Join hands with us, and ensure that as many young people who are able, are actually afforded an opportunity to gain skills and make a life for themselves. NSFAS has funded over 1.7 million students since You will also have seen a number of interventions that have been announced to assist students who come from poor and working class families. This will benefit more than 75% of university and TVET college students, and in some institutions, more than 90% of students. We have also gone further and made arrangements through NSFAS to pay the registration fees of all NSFAS funded students as an upfront payment to universities and TVET colleges in January each year.