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FASSET | Annual Integrated Report 2022/23

ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

Industry-education partnerships are collaborative
efforts that have brought the Vhembe TVET
Ms BR Hlekane College, businesses and community together to
Vhembe TVET College address our mutual interest in higher education.
Principal Partnerships have enabled us to advance the
educational development within the College and
to address skills scarcity needs. This has provided
stakeholders an opportunity to contribute towards
Vhembe TVET College is curriculum building and student development.
celebrating 60 years of service of
continued efforts to build institutional The FASSET has recently contributed resources
legacies for generations to follow. From the towards our College. Financial management
College’s inception in 1963 students were granted a
as Finyazwanda to becoming donation for an Accounting
Vhembe TVET College, the Laboratory. The laboratory
transition have birthed one of was fitted with computers and
the largest TVET Colleges in the “As a College tablets for curriculum stimulation.
country with seven campuses we are humbled The laboratory was unveiled
and a hospitality centre. Vhembe during our diamond jubilee
TVET College operates within by the support celebrations and has since been
the northern hemisphere, fully functional and expanded the
where the community remains we continue to learning experience for students.
disadvantaged. As a College, enjoy from our Furthermore, FASSET has pledged
we are dedicated to contributing to support 50 students for Work-
towards the transformation of the stakeholders. integrated Learning. Investments
district. Our success of this dimension continue to play
a pivotal role in enhancing the
We have campaigned for the reflects a skills of students.
4IR as TVET Colleges and are
currently preparing for the 5th joint effort The College is gradually
Industrial Revolution. As TVET from internal becoming self-sufficient by
Colleges in the 21st Century we utilising internal resources to
have an opportunity to accelerate and external the benefit of the College. It is
digital revolutions. TVET Colleges stakeholders”. pleasing to experience a joint
are at the centre of the digital effort from the students and staff
era through combining academic to accelerate the self-sufficiency
studies with professional training of the College through initiatives
in the same higher education such as the sewing plant,
setting. This is a reality currently happening in hydroponic farming and hospitality centre, to
practice in higher educational institutions across name a few.
the globe. By aligning with global best practice
certifications in higher education curriculum in We have not always led the pack, but we remain
running parallel to core undergraduate and committed to becoming the top TVET College
postgraduate studies then our students, when in South Africa. To that end, we will engage all
starting employment, have already developed an relevant parties to ensuring that Vhembe TVET
understanding of certain professional capabilities. College becomes the first College of choice.

Our success as a College can additionally be
attributed to the support we have received from
external stakeholders through partnerships.

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