The design, implementation and evaluation of student support and development services in further education and training colleges in South Africa.

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The Student Support and Development Services (SSDS) at Further Education and Training (FET) colleges represent a holistic and systemic approach to addressing barriers to learning and development. College SSDS are based on the acknowledgement that all FET students need support and development and that, when addressing needs of the college student, it is done in a holistic, integrated, intersectional and inclusive manner.<br />
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The SSDS therefore strive to develop competencies, knowledge, skills and attitudes in a systemic and holistic manner. The aim of the study was to design, implement and evaluate SSDS at the FET colleges in the Western Cape Education Department and to establish a Lecturer Support and Development Team (LSDT) at each FET college, which would include the following services.<br />
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<li>student counselling services</li>
<li>academic development and learning support</li>
<li>occupationald evelopmenat nd careerg uidance</li>
<li>life skills education and health education, and</li>
<li>college institutional development</li>
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Student counselling services at FET colleges aim to render comprehensive student services with a holistic developmental aspect of the student in relation to his/her social, emotional, physical and cognitive dimensions. The staff of the LSDT are the first line of contact for the troubled student. Academic development is aimed at the students who enter the FET sector with inadequate schooling, education and training. Orientation programmes include bridging the gap between schooling and FET education and training. Bridging programmes and remedial programmes are offered to students to compensate for their academic backlog and to accelerate their education and training up to a level suitable for FET.

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UNWC/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dinit_9824_1174639601
Date	January 2002
Creators	Ferreira, Stephanus Lourens
Source Sets	Univ. of Western Cape
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Theses and Dissertations
Format	PDF
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape