D.Ed. / This thesis provides an analysis of the essentials of effective and efficient management of the curriculum for Further Education and Training (FET) colleges in South Africa through the examination of the effective management of FET. The aim of the research is to explore the perceptions of FET councils, principals and educators on the management of FET colleges. It is believed that these perceptions have far-reaching implications on the aspirations of the stakeholders with regard to the implementation and success of the curriculum for FET colleges. The literature revealed that the legislation, namely, the FET Act 98 of 1998, the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, the SAQA Act 58 of 1995 and the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 form an indispensable part of the FET sector and also that the new legislation provides all the stakeholders (councils, principals and educators of FET colleges) with a stance, frame of reference and guidelines to manage the curriculum for FET colleges in South Africa effectively and efficiently. The study also revealed that a success in FET sector will be achieved by closing the gap between "education and training" and also "theory and practice". Removal of the fragmentations in education through a co-coordinated, flexible and high-quality FET system will result in employability and employment opportunities for FET learners of the future. It emerged that the above objective may best be achieved by strengthening cooperation between the Department of Education and Department of Labour, in which case a new system of learnerships was identified as a mechanism to enhance collaboration between the aforementioned departments. In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the perceptions of the aforementioned FET stakeholders on the dynamics of management of the curriculum for FET colleges, the research design is qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual (Mouton & Marais, 1991:43-44, 51). The literature study; individual and focus group interviews, observations and field notes; and site analysis were employed as research methods. From the analysis of the data, four major themes, namely, transformation of FET sector, redress of the past injustices of the FET sector, ensuring equity in all respects regarding FET matters and ensuring equality in all aspects within the FET sector. Categories and sub-categories were also obtained from the analysis of data and they were used as strategies to achieve the objectives of the themes in question. The important findings were discussed at length and thereafter, conclusions, shortcomings, recommendations and guidelines
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10056 |
| Date | 11 September 2012 |
| Creators | Nkoe, Manape Nelson |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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