Big subject changes for schools and colleges in South Africa

, which is being piloted by select schools in 2022, with plans to roll out the certificate to all schools in the country by the 2024 school year.

Nzimande said the department had also taken the decision to prioritise the sector by re-allocating additional funds from the National Skills Fund. These would therefore develop their Annual Performance Plans to address skills challenges in various sectors of the economy and country in general. “To further ensure the rapid skilling and training of our youth, particularly those in rural and townships, we are going to focus our attention to their training in areas such as agriculture and information and communication technologies,” he said.

“We will also Increase our learners registered in skills development programmes from 43,885 in 2020/21 to 148,000 in 2022/23 and increase our learners entering artisanal programmes from 10,302 in 2020/21 to 22,000 in 2022/23.”

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