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Johannesburg - Technical schools should improve their efforts in training young people in areas of skills-shortage, said Minister of Education Naledi Pandor in a speech prepared for a meeting of technical high schools on Tuesday.
"I am challenging you (the high schools) to propose ways in which you could emerge as centres of excellence, with a differentiated identity from academic schools and... colleges, offering education and training that is in high demand, of high quality and on a sustainable basis," Pandor said.
"In particular we must encourage the development of learning in
science and technology fields," she said.
Pandor cited a recent survey showing that almost 40% of SA companies were having trouble finding employees with the right
skills, like electricians, carpenters and welders.
The minister invited the technical high schools to consider
establishing a "small representative" committee to suggest measures to address the problem of skills shortages in the country.
- Sapa