Offering TVET College Lecturers Increased Access to Professional Qualification Programmes Through a National Open Learning System in South Africa

Abstract

This paper reports on a new Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) project, the Capacity Building of TVET College Lecturers through Open Learning programme, which has a four-fold developmental aim: (i) to significantly enhance the professional capacity and pedagogic competence of TVET lecturers, and to do so by (ii) building the capacity of universities to provide TVET college lecturers with accredited professional qualification programmes using appropriate open learning approaches, (iii) developing and appointing a cadre of open learning content developers, managers, support personnel and young researchers in this innovative field, and (iv) establishing a sustainable national open learning management system for post-school education and training, and in this instance, for TVET college lecturers in particular. // Paper ID 326