Browsing by Author "Ngidi, Sindisiwe Thabile"

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    Exploring managers' experiences in complying with the infrastructure grant conditions at selected Gauteng TVET colleges
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) Ngidi, Sindisiwe Thabile; Pillay, Pundy
    This study explores the experiences of the management in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in compliance with conditions attached to infrastructure grants allocated by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). The study discusses the participant’s experiences and explores suggestions on what the Department should do to enhance compliance with the grant conditions in TVET colleges. The literature review acknowledges that quality education in TVET colleges is hampered by dilapidated and inadequate infrastructure resulting from inadequate funding. Additionally, the causes of non- compliance and strategies for mitigation are discussed in the literature review. The study considers the importance of infrastructure in education in international, continental, and national contexts to understand how other countries worldwide regard the importance of infrastructure and how it is funded. The study used semi-structured interviews and questionnaires as instruments for data generation. The main instrument of data collection was semi-structured interviews. The case study approach was applied in the study to further examine the extent to which the infrastructure grant conditions impact the implementation of infrastructure projects at TVET colleges. It was found that the complexity of infrastructure grant conditions delays project implementation, which further interrupts teaching and learning. The study concludes by highlighting the strategies that DHET should implement to enhance compliance by TVET colleges with grant conditions. Such strategies include improving project approval turnaround time; continuous monitoring by DHET; adequate and continuous training of infrastructure grant personnel; establishing a stakeholder relations office; appointment of infrastructure personnel; and developing an infrastructure funding policy. Study participants believe that implementation of the highlighted strategies will improve compliance in TVET colleges.