DATA PROBLEMS
TVET college certificates backlog being cleared, says department
Major steps had been taken to clear the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) examination results and certificates backlog, the Department of Higher Education and Training said on Thursday. The certificates backlog has compromised prospects for employment or further education for many graduates and has raised questions about the quality of SA’s college sector. The number of outstanding certificates has been reduced significantly from the 236,821 recorded in August 2015, to 29,583. The department said the issuing of outstanding certificates was being hampered by data problems at TVET colleges. These included data-capturing errors, authentication of identity numbers and other personal information, said department spokesman Madikwe Mabotha. He said TVET college principals had been engaged in a process to validate and confirm all preliminary examination data from the examination centres.
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