KwaZulu-Natal Business 2018-19 edition

OVERVIEW Education and

OVERVIEW Education and training The private sector is growing. A new partnership has been announced between Coastal TVET College and the Moses Kotane Institute. The unbundling from the successful Curro group of a separate tertiary entity which listed on the JSE as Stadio Holdings is a good indicator of the growth of the private sector in education. Stadio currently has three institutions: Southern Business School, AFDA (the School for the Creative Economy) and the Embury Institute for Higher Education which has recently opened two new campuses, one in Pretoria and one in Musgrave, Durban. AFDA offers qualifications in film, radio and live performances. Its campus in north Durban hosts more than 200 students. There is a strong trend towards the opening of private or independent schools, and not necessarily in the very expensive bracket. Curro believes it will be running 200 schools in South Africa by 2020, double its current number. There are six Curro schools in KwaZulu-Natal. Advtech, the other big private company, already has 27 tertiary campuses nationally, in addition to its 78 schools operating under a variety of labels. Advtech operates 10 educational sites in KwaZulu-Natal, including schools such as Crawford and Trinity House, a chefs' school (Capsicum), three Varsity Colleges and the Design School for Southern Africa. There are two universities and two universities of technology in KwaZulu-Natal, and the national distance university, the University of South Africa (Unisa), has a presence in five locations. USB Executive Development offers business courses for executives. UKZN has close to 40 000 students studying on five campuses in two cities. Greater Durban hosts Howard College, Berea (environment, engineering, law, humanities) and the Nelson Mandela School of SECTOR INSIGHT • Stadio Holdings is a new post-school JSE listing. • KwaZulu-Natal has 30% of South Africa’s schoolchildren. Medicine at Congella. The UKZN administration and the Graduate School of Business are based at Westville (also science, engineering, health) whereas the Edgewood, Pinetown, campus focusses on education. The Pietermaritzburg campus offers a broad academic programme but its specialities are fine art, theology and agriculture. UKZN also hosts the National Research Foundation. The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has six faculties operating in seven campuses in Durban and in the Midlands. DUT KWAZULU-NATAL BUSINESS 2018/19 76

OVERVIEW is well known for its outstanding graphic-design school and offers one of only two chiropractic programmes in South Africa. The University of Zululand offers diploma and degree courses on two campuses at Empangeni and Richards Bay. Education faces big challenges in South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal, with a population of more than 10-million, more than half of whom live in rural areas which suffered decades of neglect, has made significant strides in providing access to education. With 30% of South Africa's pupils in its schools, the province's results have a big bearing on how the nation fares in annual examinations. There is now near universal access to primary and secondary schooling and a new drive to enrol pre-school children in Grade R has achieved a 70% success rate. The province has 1 689 early childhood development centres. The provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal bursary programme paid out R1.5-billion in the three years to 2016 and more than 5 000 graduate interns obtained jobs at provincial government departments at a cost to government of more than R100-million. For the 2016 academic year, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) received more than 84 000 applications for the 8 770 spaces available in its first-year undergraduate programmes. Training Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges are tasked with bridging the skills gap. TVET colleges are concentrating on 13 trade areas, including bricklayers, millwrights, boilermakers and riggers. KwaZulu-Natal has nine such colleges with a total enrolment of about 80 000. R16.5-billion has been allocated by national government to skills development and infrastructure over the medium term. A range of other interventions have been launched including: • six of South Africa's biggest construction companies have established a R1.25-billion skills fund ONLINE RESOURCES Council of Higher Education: www.che.ac.za Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa: www.isasa.org KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education: www.kzneducation.gov.za National Department of Basic Education: www.education.gov.za National Department of Higher Education and Training: www.dhet.gov.za National Research Foundation: www.nrf.ac.za • the National Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) wants the country to produce 30 000 artisans per year by 20126 (the current figure is about 13 000) • Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) collect dues from companies by industry for training • the National Skills Authority (NSA) works with SETAs in carrying out the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS). The Human Resource Development Council of South Africa (HRDCSA) is an overarching body working on skills development and training. National and provincial government are investing heavily in training. Various provincial government departments awarded about R316-million in support and bursaries for more then 5 000 students across the province in 2016. Coastal KZN TVET College gives students practical experience through facilities such as the Nongalo Industrial Park, where school furniture is repaired, and burglar bars and computer tables are made. The college has several sites on the South Coast and caters for 15 400 students. Majuba TVET College has a focus on engineering as the coal and steel industries are prominent in Newcastle. Some of its engineering students have done apprenticeships on Sibanye gold mines in Gauteng. The Mnambithi TVFET College is located in the Battlefields Route tourism area and offers National Diploma courses in tourism, among other qualifications. 77 KWAZULU-NATAL BUSINESS 2018/19