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Our Education: Forming

partnerships that will

benefit students

MCERI — The Tshwane University is enthusiastic about increasing technical
of Technology leaders met with skills opportunities for education
Rrepresentatives from Central professionals,” said DSI – NRF SARChI
Johannesburg College to build an Academic Chair & Gibela Research Chair.
Partnership. This was not merely an
Academic Partnership but rather, it is These new opportunities will bring our high-
meant for the incubation and outreach for quality graduate programmes to a greater
students in both academic institutions. geographic region than formerly possible in
our on-ground programme offerings to meet
The Central Johannesburg College is one of the growing need for additional staff capacity.
fifty public TVET colleges in South Africa with Academic partnerships will help with advertising
eight colleges in South Africa. The mission of and recruiting potential graduate students,
the CJC is to lead students to employment optimising path scheduling to enhance
and entrepreneurship opportunities. student retention and timely completion
The potential partner will help the CJC and assisting the Engineering Faculty.
develop and grow accelerated research
approaches in the Department of Teaching Ultimately, we are here to serve communities,
because their lecturers are expert people in general and students, specifically
artisans who require a methodology for those who depend on our efforts to provide
teaching. Research and development a great education. Mr Isaac Tlhabadira, a
are lacking in the TVET Curriculum lecturer and leader in the MerSETA localisation
and Instruction, Advanced Teaching in the Department of Industrial Engineering
Strategies and Educational Administration. expressed his hopes: “We are fortunate in that
we can work with a great partner who also
“The Industrial Engineering Department cares deeply about our local communities.
at the Tshwane University of Technology

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