Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired the Human Resource Development Council of South Africa (HRDC) meeting, at Ekurhuleni West TVET College\u2019s newly built state of the art campus, in Germiston, last Friday.<\/p>\n
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande, Ramaphosa and the HRDC members undertook a tour of the college\u2019s artisan training workshops before the meeting.<\/p>
The tour was facilitated by the college\u2019s automotive workshop lecturer, Robert Churcher, where council members were exposed to how practical skills are developed and transferred to students.<\/p>\n
Demonstrations of the practical training in automotive repair and maintenance, as well as fitting and machinery, were given.<\/p>
Certain points made by Ramaphosa during his opening remarks at the meeting were: \u201cWe meet in the wake of protests at universities across our country at proposed fee increases.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderlying these protests is a desire to access education and to do so in an environment conducive to learning and teaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt arises from an expectation among the youth of this country that education should be made available to all.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the HRDC, we are uniquely placed to make a contribution to the call for an affordable and better resourced higher education sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
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