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Msunduzi Campus: BPO students will be engaged in internal and international interviews to be placed on a one year internship programme in India shortly. Students will go through a thorough phase on interviews including presentations by themselves, one on one interviews with current facilitators and NIIT representatives, and finally a telephonic interview with the Indian Corporate Reps directly from India. The telephonic interview will be done to accommodate time difference between RSA and India. The process will be complete by March end. 12 students will be selected. While in India monitoring and evaluation will take place from both India and RSA.
The second group of BPO students have now started their training. | |
| The N4d Public Relations students at Msunduzi Campus collected 2 huge boxes of toys and clothing for Tabitha's Children's Home. The students visited the home to deliver the items and gave each child an Easter egg. Mrs Val Downing received the items on behalf of the home. This group of students is organizing a volunteer programme at the home where they will play sport with the children on Saturday mornings. | |
| Northdale students assisted at the CANSA Shave-a-thon. They worked on Saturday and Sunday at all the malls in Pietermaritzburg. |
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Midlands Campus donated coloured chalk to 2 preschools in Pietermaritzburg. The preschools that were chosen were Peppertree and Sinamuva. |
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PR students delivering clothing and toys |
Sphume Ngcobo handing chalk to principal of Sinamuva,
Mr Mseleku | |
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The Marketing department was invited to present our programmes to 500 Grade 12 Maths and Science learners from 10 Pietermartizburg schools at Hilton College last month. Learners were then given the opportunity to engage with College staff at the exhibition stand. |
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Pictured: Nonkuleleko Mdhlalose & Ayanda Mbeje(CAO) | |
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Our bus has been updated! |
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Sizwe Mkhasibe, marketing student, competed in his first Duzi Canoe Marathon this year. Unfortunately his boat snapped in half on day 2 so he was unable to complete the race. BUT the next week he was back on the Duzi in the Non-Stop Duzi Canoe Marathon with his partner. |
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| 21 learners from Mshathi Municipal area completed a short skills course in cabinet making in 2010. Mshathi was identified as the Vietnamese have plans to build a furniture factory in this area. The students will now spend 3 months in Vietnam, and then will help set up showrooms in SA to get the public interested in the furniture. Initially they will import the furniture. In the second phase, partly made furniture will be imported and completed in the SA factory. The third phase will have the factory manufacturing the furniture, with the Vietnamese partners doing the quality control. Once the learners return to South Africa we will offer NQF 3 in cabinet making, finishing and upholstery. | |
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Tool making – what is that? Tool making is the science of designing, manufacturing, fitting and maintenance of all parts that are required in all manufacturing processes. The Department of Trade and Industry and the Tool Makers Association of SA (TASA) researched ways and methods of ensuring that more competent tool makers were trained. The National Tooling Initiative was formed to develop and facilitate this training.
The NTI launched the pre-apprenticeship programme for Tool, Die and Mould Makers(TDM) in January 2010. 7 FET colleges in the country were selected to participate in this programme. Umgungundlovu FET College was the only one in KZN to be selected. 25 learners went through a stringent selection process to gain entry into the TDM pre-apprenticeship programme that was
housed at our Plessislaer Campus. 23 of the 25 learners graduated in what can only be described as a most successful pilot programme.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony on the 2nd March 2011, Mr Tapiwa Samanga from the DTI, said that due to the success of this pilot, the Minister of Finance specifically mentioned in the budget speech that the NTI would receive R120 million over the next 3 years. "This is important in terms of money received but even better was the fact the government now sees this as a priority area of skills development", said Mr Samanga. Also speaking at the graduation ceremony, Mr Lance Deysel, Executive Committee member of TASA, said that not only had the learners achieved good results in the theory part of the programme, the sponsor companies were very happy
with the quality of learners that spent 3 months in their employ. He attributed this in part to the stringent selection process.
Some results of this programme:
Nationally :
- 80% pass rate – learners require a minimum of 75% in all modules to pass
- 34 sponsor companies were involved
Umgungundlovu FET College:
- 92% pass rate
- Mr Elton Sibiya came second in the country
- Ms Ayanda Mtambo came third in the country and was the top female learner in the country
- Mr Siyanda Zulu was the most improved
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In 2011 these learners have registered in the TDM Apprenticeship programme, which will run for 3 years. Some of the learners have already completed some modules towards their trade test. |
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Ashley Bhugwandin(CEO of KZN National Tooling
Initiative), Elton Sibiya, Ayanda Mtambo, Siyanda Zulu |
TDM pre-apprenticeship graduates | |
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